From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Nov 1 8:14:24 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 81B8237B401 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 08:14:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.50.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07C4A43E4A for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 08:14:22 -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 gA1GEEWj058698; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 17:14:14 +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 gA1GDxH4000266; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 17:13:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc@nosferatu.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by nosferatu.blackend.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA1GDwlk000265; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 17:13:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 17:13:58 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Constantine Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sis(4): NETGEAR FA311 sis0: watchdog timeout Message-ID: <20021101161358.GB205@nosferatu.blackend.org> References: <3DC09990.1040409@rbcmail.ru> <20021031095345.GA205@nosferatu.blackend.org> <3DC1CDB5.4020901@rbcmail.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DC1CDB5.4020901@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 Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 07:41:25PM -0500, Constantine wrote: [...] > > > > I added this problem/fix in the Handbook: > > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > Thank you for your support! It's working now, after I have removed > the card from PCI6 (near CNR) to PCI1 (near AGP). I was thinking the > same slots should be the same, I have a new MB... Would this problem > occur with the other drivers as well (win32), or it's a feature of > the FreeBSD sis(4) driver? > No, you can have the same problem with other chipsets. According to Netgear docs (the one on the floppy provided with the card) you must use a PCI slot supporting Bus Mastering, so the problem should occur on other OS. > I think it's not a bad idea to put this hint into the drivers' man > pages, where the watchdog timeout is introduced. > It's "at least" in the Handbook :) I will try to see what can I do on various NIC chipset drivers manual pages since the problem is not specific to sis(4). Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message