Re: watchdog timeout with nfe(4)

[Eli Green <eli@xxxxxxxxx>]

The version in Preview seems to be fairly recent. Imported from OpenBSD 2006-06-17, updated as recently as September.

I've got some CDRW's lying around, I'll give FreeBSD a shot. Linux 2.6.something worked fine (Arch Linux, stock kernel). I'll see if there's anything in the changelogs for the Linux driver specifically for this chip. Could the problem be in the e1000phy driver? It has diverged more heavily from its roots than the nfe driver has, I think.

The ridiculous popularity of the nForce boards usually means that drivers get written for the important components. Once I've got the network card working, I'll try the FreeBSD HDA patch that somebody posted recently and see if the sound card works -- it should, I'm pretty sure it's an intel chipset.

On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 07:56:56 -0700, walt <wa1ter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Eli Green wrote:
> 
>> On 2006-10-22, Eli Green wrote:
>> > Hey all,
>> >
>> > I'm having problems with the onboard ethernet on a new motherboard
> (ASUS
>> > A8N-VM CSM) which is the GeForce 6150 / nForce 430 combination
> board...
> 
> Our nfe driver appears to be well over a year old, and mentions nForce3,
> but not nForce4.  Is it feasible for you to try booting an install disk
> from a recent FreeBSD to see if it works with your mobo?
> 
> I don't have any nForce mobos, but only because I'm still uncertain about
> driver support from opensource projects.  Every weekend I'm sorely tempted
> to buy an AMD multi-core mobo special from my local hardware-hacker store,
> but most of them have nForce chipsets, and I certainly don't need another
> useless Windows box :o(