Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 22:03:55 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com> Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What 100mbps ethernet card(s) to use w/SMP? Message-ID: <199706110403.WAA23218@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jun 1997 22:30:15 CDT." <19970610223015.14169@luke.pmr.com>
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Hi, > I am having a difficult time coming up with an ethernet card that > will work on my smp system. The closest I've gotten so far is with > an Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B, which only works with UP kernels. > With an SMP kernel I get persistent timeouts. The SMC 9332BDT > gives similar results on an SMP kernel, but fails differently on > a UP kernel. (Following probe at boot, all lights -- including > the link integrity indicator -- go off and stay off. The card is > completely dead.) > ... > I can't believe that there are folks out there that are successfully > running SMPs on 100mbps LANs. I just can't seem to make any headway > on resolving this. > > System specifics: > > Hardware: > ASUS P/I-P65UP5 w/C-P6ND. > 2 150MHz PPro CPUs > 64MB RAM > ASUS PCI-SC875 (Symbios 53C875 SCSI controller) > ASUS SC-200 (Symbios 53C810 SCSI controller) > Matrox Melenium graphics adapter > > Software: > FreeBSD-970527-SNAP at first. I then upgraded to FreeBSD-current > (as early morning of 06/10). I'm running intel 100/Pros @ 100 bps on 2 different P6 SMP boxes, plus 1 P5 SMP box. all talk to one another without complaint. send us an "mptable -dmesg" output, run immediately after booting the problamtic SMP kernel. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD
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