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From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To: Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com>
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Subject: Re: What 100mbps ethernet card(s) to use w/SMP? 
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Hi,

> I am having a difficult time coming up with an ethernet card that
> will work on my smp system.  The closest I've gotten so far is with
> an Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B, which only works with UP kernels.
> With an SMP kernel I get persistent timeouts.  The SMC 9332BDT
> gives similar results on an SMP kernel, but fails differently on
> a UP kernel.  (Following probe at boot, all lights -- including
> the link integrity indicator -- go off and stay off.  The card is
> completely dead.)
> ...
> I can't believe that there are folks out there that are successfully
> running SMPs on 100mbps LANs.  I just can't seem to make any headway
> on resolving this.
> 
> System specifics:
> 
> Hardware:
>     ASUS P/I-P65UP5 w/C-P6ND.
>     2 150MHz PPro CPUs
>     64MB RAM
>     ASUS PCI-SC875 (Symbios 53C875 SCSI controller)
>     ASUS SC-200 (Symbios 53C810 SCSI controller)
>     Matrox Melenium graphics adapter
> 
> Software:
>     FreeBSD-970527-SNAP at first.  I then upgraded to FreeBSD-current 
>     (as early morning of 06/10).

I'm running intel 100/Pros @ 100 bps on 2 different P6 SMP boxes, plus 1 P5
SMP box.  all talk to one another without complaint.

send us an "mptable -dmesg" output, run immediately after booting the
problamtic SMP kernel.

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