From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 15:53:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32E0A16A4CF for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:53:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp819.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp819.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.170.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D186E43D1D for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:53:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Received: from unknown (HELO optimator.noacks.org) (noacks@swbell.net@70.240.176.125 with login) by smtp819.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Feb 2005 15:53:17 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA0F76189; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:53:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04540-13; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:53:15 -0600 (CST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (optimator [192.168.1.11]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 099B6615D; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:53:14 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <421DF86A.7010807@alumni.rice.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:53:14 -0600 From: Jon Noack User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira References: <20050224020702.51073.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> <421D46E0.6090001@alumni.rice.edu> <20050224033053.GN253@dan.emsphone.com> <421D4B2B.9020702@alumni.rice.edu> <20050224102018.79979.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> In-Reply-To: <20050224102018.79979.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at noacks.org cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: Dan Nelson Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5-STABLE, MSI KT880 , fxp and SCB timeouts X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:53:18 -0000 Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 09:33:41PM -0600, Jon Noack wrote: >>On 02/23/05 21:30, Dan Nelson wrote: >>>In the last episode (Feb 23), Jon Noack said: >>>>On 02/23/05 20:06, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote: >>>>>My last motherboard burned down to ashes so I got myself a brand >>>>>(after 2 weeks) new MSI KT880. I am getting some weird results. >>>>> >>>>>1) fxp intel etherxpress 10/100 network cards report SCB timeout >>>>>as well as achieving ridiculously low transfer rates of 600 >>>>>Bytes/second. Well, I got 10 KBytes/sec once but that does not count >>>>>since a side box gets more than 50KB/s ;-) on the same hub. Oh, I've >>>>>already switched hub ports, rj45 cables and fxp cards. >>>> >>>>Duplex mismatch? You say "hub" and not "switch", so you might need >>>>to force the card to half-duplex. Oddly enough, the fxp(4) man page >>>>doesn't include half-duplex as a media option. Surely it supports >>>>it... > > Actually, it is a 5 port switch (10/100 TX). Any thoughts? I can > provide as much information as necessary. By the way, another > computer using exactly a fxp connected to the same switch works > nicely. Try forcing full-duplex? The output of "ifconfig" would also be helpful (you can sanitize IP and MAC addresses)? Jon