From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Oct 31 1:54: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2788B37B401 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 01:54:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.50.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 464C343E91 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 01:54:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from nosferatu.blackend.org (nosferatu.blackend.org [192.168.1.205]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g9V9s0Wj047207; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:54:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from nosferatu.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nosferatu.blackend.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9V9rp6g000250; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:53:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc@nosferatu.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by nosferatu.blackend.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9V9rjTr000249; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:53:45 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:53:45 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Constantine Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sis(4): NETGEAR FA311 sis0: watchdog timeout Message-ID: <20021031095345.GA205@nosferatu.blackend.org> References: <3DC09990.1040409@rbcmail.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DC09990.1040409@rbcmail.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 09:46:40PM -0500, Constantine wrote: > Hello! > > I have a problem with FreeBSD 4.7 sis(4) driver. I have bought > NETGEAR > FA311, and it doesn't want to work with nether FreeBSD 4.5 nor 4.7. > When > I try to set an IP-address to it, I have this message sent to my > console: "sis0: watchdog timeout". My patch cable is ok, it's new as > well, and I have successfully checked it with the internal LAN > interface > (fxp). > [...] I had the same problem in past with the same card and with different cards. The problem came from the fact the cards required a PCI slot suppoting the Bus Mastering, I moved the card to another slot (slot 0) and it worked. I added this problem/fix in the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x6701.html#Q6.6.3.2.3. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message