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From: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
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Subject: ifconfig hang with fxp board
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I just installed a new fxp board in my 2.2.5 system

   ifconfig fxp0 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. netmask yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

hangs the OS. Even the virtual consoles don't work.
Does this board need to be initialized with a vendor utility to set
interrupts, etc?

thanks

joe