Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:23:03 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: lnelson <lnelson@naxostech.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Odd problem with Intel em driver Message-ID: <20060811092303.GV96644@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060811051959.M95805@naxostech.com> References: <20060811051959.M95805@naxostech.com>
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On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 01:27:42AM -0400, lnelson wrote: l> I'm having an odd problem with the Intel em driver. It's l> built into the kernel by default, but it won't recognize l> the part. l> l> However, if I grab the driver source from the Intel website, l> compile it as a KLD, and put it in loader.conf, it works. l> The odd thing is that it complains that it is already loaded, l> and acts as if it is refusing to load the module. l> l> When it works, the message I get is: l> l> module_register: module pci/em already exists! l> Module pci/em failed to register: 17 l> ... <lots of stuff> ... l> em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.1.4> port 0x3000-0x301f mem l> 0xc8300000-0xc831ffff i l> rq 18 at device 0.0 on pci5 l> em0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:78:5a:2a l> em0: Speed:N/A Duplex:N/A l> em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.1.4> port 0x3020-0x303f mem l> 0xc8320000-0xc833ffff i l> rq 19 at device 0.1 on pci5 l> em1: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:78:5a:2b l> em1: Speed:N/A Duplex:N/A l> l> When it doesn't work, I get no messages regarding l> em at all. l> l> It seems like the KLD is actually getting loaded, even l> though it says it isn't. l> l> I should mention that I am running the amd64 port of l> 6.1 RELEASE. l> l> Any thoughts? Can I run a production server like this? FreeBSD is always a bit behind in the version of the driver. First driver appears on Intel website, and later is merged to FreeBSD. Currently in 6-STABLE we've got version 6.0.5 driver. First you should try to update to 6-STABLE. If this doesn't help you should wait few weeks until driver 6.1.4 will be present in 6-STABLE. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
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