Re: fxp0 issues

["Kimi Ostro" <kimimeister%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi,

On 13/11/06, Steven M. Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost> wrote:
> There are some fxp chips that do have problems.  The dmesg on one of my
> machine says:
>
>         fxp1 at pci2 dev 5 function 0: i82559S Ethernet, rev 9
>         fxp1: interrupting at irq 5
>         fxp1: May need receiver lock-up workaround
>         fxp1: Ethernet address 00:20:fc:1e:67:41
>         inphy1 at fxp1 phy 1: i82555 10/100 media interface, rev. 4
>
> and I do see timeouts.  See fxp(4) for a work-around -- it may be worth
> trying the suggestion, even if you're not seeing the message.

none of those suggestions seemed to have worked for me, Interestingly
the card works no problem unders Windows XP.

I'm heading over to port-i386 to see if I can this card to work properly.

Thank you both for your time.

>                 --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb


--
Kimi