Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:09:02 -0400 From: Jon-Erik Lido <jlido@goof.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SiS 900 ethernet MAC address all zeros (me too) Message-ID: <20010924140902.A25817@goof.com> In-Reply-To: <000301c14517$c73e5580$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 09:41:37AM -0700 References: <20010924100034.A19845@goof.com> <000301c14517$c73e5580$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 09:41:37AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jon-Erik Lido > >Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 7:01 AM > >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Re: SiS 900 ethernet MAC address all zeros (me too) > > > > > >On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 03:48:31PM -0400, Rami AlZaid wrote: > >> On 09/23/01 03:28PM or some time around that time, Jon-Erik Lido wrote: > >> > Back in December/Januare Oliver Crow mentioned a problem with his > >> > onboard SiS 900 ethernet reporting a MAC address of all zeros. > >> > > >> > > >> > How do I get this device to work? > >> > > >> > >> I have a Linksys LNE100TX and I sometimes face the same problem > >under DOS. I'm not sure if it's the same problem or not but turning > >off the machine and turning it back on always helped solve the problem. > >> > >No, this does not solve the problem. > > IS it possible that you have another card attempting to share IRQ 10? I've > seen FreeBSD come up with MAC addresses of all zeros when the interrupt > selected cannot be toggled by the driver. It's a problem with ISA > cards that are set to different interrupts that their driver is set to use. > > Look in your BIOS settings and see if you can move the IRQ to something else. > > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Yes, the IRQ is being shared, but there doesn't seem to be a way to reassign it in the BIOS. The IRQ is being shared with one of the OHCI USB interfaces. I don't think there are any ISA devices involved. There is only one USB device attached to the machine, so I'll investigate if it's possible to turn just the offending USB interface off. If not, I'll shut them both off just to see if an IRQ conflict is the source of the problem. I do know that Win2K is able to use the SiS 900 on this machine, so I suspect that the hardware is fine. What do I do if disabling the USB hardware doesn't fix the problem? What do I do if it does? Thanks Ted! -Jon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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