Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 18:28:04 -0500 From: "Matt Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Tobias Roth" <roth@iam.unibe.ch> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with fxp0 and wi0 devices Message-ID: <00a201c416ae$a71a8470$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <002501c415fb$aa8b7fa0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20040330060052.GB24456@speedy.unibe.ch>
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> On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 09:06:51PM -0500, Matt Emmerton wrote: > > I'm running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE on a ThinkPad T23 and I can't use either > > of the built-in fxp0 or wi0 network adapters. > > > > Whenever I try and configure them with dhclient, dhclient just hangs. > > Whenever I try and configure them manually (static IP and route), packets > > never go anywhere. > > Whenever I access fxp0, I get "fxp0: device timeout" messages on my screen. > > <snip> > > looks like the irq problems i and a few other people experienced on their > T30s. the problem popped up some time between 5.0 and 5.1 and nobody ever > really fixed it, as it was machine specific (machine, not model or brand!), > and not really reproductable. but the workaround was to change irq mapping > in bios around a bit (from all automatically to some random combination of > settings). the values that worked for one person didn't for the next. I wonder if different BIOS revisions change the situation. That sounds like the only logical explanation. I checked and I'm at the latest BIOS, so no easy fix there :( > a few weeks after i upgraded to 5.2.1 i noticed by coincidence that the > problem disappeared again for me. I upgraded last night from 5.1 to 5.2.1 and the problems persisted. I will poke around. Thanks for the information. -- Matt Emmerton
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