Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:59:27 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Mike Andrews <mandrews@bit0.com> Subject: Re: 6.2-RELEASE em0 watchdog timeouts -- sometimes (w/ partial workaround) Message-ID: <20070117025927.GA25196@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0701161053s67c6100cqf03284626116f04c@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070116123019.I46509@bit0.com> <2a41acea0701161053s67c6100cqf03284626116f04c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 10:53:04AM -0800, Jack Vogel wrote: > There are some management related issues with this NIC, first if you > have not done so make a DOS bootable device, and run this app I > am enclosing, it fixes the prom setting that is wrong on some devices. > It will do no harm, and it may solve things. Jack, Can you expand on what this application changes in the PROM? I have an Intel motherboard which suffers from similar to what the OP has reported (em0 watchdog timeouts), and was curious what the utility does before firing up the board and trying it. Others may be curious to know, too. Thanks, as always. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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