From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Feb 17 17:17:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from granite.sentex.net (granite.sentex.ca [199.212.134.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F16115AA for ; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:17:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from ospf-wat.sentex.net (ospf-wat.sentex.net [209.167.248.81]) by granite.sentex.net (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA28466 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:17:09 -0500 (EST) From: mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa) To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: intel ether express pro Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 01:25:13 GMT Message-ID: <36cb6bb9.506944147@mail.sentex.net> References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 17 Feb 1999 09:39:00 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.misc you wrote: >> I have a machine (IBM IntelliStation) and it has built in network >>card (eepro10/100). >> >> The kernel locks up, whenever I try to ifconfig the device. We >>have a autodetecting hub that can switch between 10/100. > > If that is the PCI version, then try putting it in a different PCI slot. I have had to do this a couple of times as well both for NT machines and FreeBSD machines. Is it a DMA issue ? I have never been entirely clear on the matter. ---Mike Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) Sentex Communications Corp, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message