From owner-freebsd-hardware  Thu Feb 18  5:14:56 1999
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To: mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa)
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Subject: Re: intel ether express pro 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 18 Feb 1999 01:25:13 GMT."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 05:12:27 -0800
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>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.

   My first thought was that one or more PCI slots on some motherboards
aren't bus master capable, but this can't be the problem above since it is
"built in".

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project


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