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Date:      Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:22:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jeff Hamilton <gandolf@destiny.erols.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, John Dowdal <jdowdal@destiny.erols.com>
Subject:   Re: Network problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904151120120.29545-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904151207010.28703-100000@destiny.erols.com>

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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Jeff Hamilton wrote:

> I'm having problems with networking under FreeBSD.  I'm running
> 2.2.8-Stable (see dmesg output below), and my network cards are not
> working properly. During bootup, I get the following messages after the
> interfaces are ifconfiged:
> 
> Apr 14 23:52:51 cc578451-A /kernel: xl0: watchdog timeout
> Apr 14 23:52:51 cc578451-A /kernel: fxp0: device timeout

Busted interrupts, I bet.

> 
> The xl0 message repeats continuosly, along with error messages from natd,
> and both networks are unreachable.
> 
> Does anyone know anything that I can do to fix this?

Let me grab the appropriate lines here ...

> xl0 <3Com 3c905B Fast Etherlink XL 10/100BaseTX> rev 48 int a irq 5 on
> pci0:19:0
> fxp0 <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 5 int a irq 9 on
> pci0:20:0

Verify that no devices are occupying IRQ 5 or 9 that aren't recognized by
FreeBSD.  Also try shuffling the order of PCI cards on your bus, and avoid
using the bottom-most slot (closest to the ISA slots).

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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