From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 17 15:36:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from xylan.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D0821109F for ; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:36:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from mailhub.xylan.com by xylan.com (8.8.7/SMI-SVR4 (xylan-mgw 2.2 [OUT])) id PAA10085; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:35:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from utah.XYLAN.COM by mailhub.xylan.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (mailhub 2.1 [HUB])) id PAA23989; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:35:47 -0800 Received: from softweyr.com by utah.XYLAN.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (xylan utah [SPOOL])) id QAA05613; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:35:45 -0700 Message-ID: <36CB5251.90EC4591@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:35:45 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig kills my machine References: <199902082338.PAA01313@dingo.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith wrote: > > > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > > I've seen this on a Toshiba Equium 7000S, with onboard fxp0. The first > > > > DMA operation in the configuration of the chip never completes. I re- > > > > installed 2.2.7 on that machine, since I didn't have time to investigate > > > > then. If I ever get done with my "FPX" code at work (maybe this week, > > > > if I'm lucky) I'll poke into this fxp problem. ;^) > > > > > > I've also seen this on a (significant) number of IBM systems. We could > > > probably get FreeBSD certified on the NetFinity range if we can resolve > > > this. > > > > What can I do to help? I'd send the machine to you if I could, but it's > > Xylan property. If there's anything I can trap, printf, or debug, let > > me know. I'm willing to stay late and debug over the phone, or even > > setup a serial console and a modem if that'll help. > > Characterise the defect, report or fix. I just booted 3.1-R from kern + mfsroot floppies, and it was able to probe the fxp0 interface just fine. I'll take a run at upgrading this machine tonight or tomorrow, but it appears my problem has been fixed. -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message