Re: watchdog timeout with nfe(4)

["Sepherosa Ziehau" <sepherosa@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/22/06, Eli Green <eli@xxxxxxxxx> 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. I
> think that's an "MCP51". The card is only connected to an ADSL modem
> with a 10baseT port. Nothing fancy.
>
> When I first load if_nfe, I get nfe0, an mii and an e1000phy.
>
> Whenever I try to configure the card, there's a significant delay while
> the machine freezes (around 2-3 seconds), then it returns to me without

e1000phy needs very long time to finish auto-negociation.

> errors. Once I try to communicate with the ADSL modem (which has an HTTP
> interface, so I try telnetting to that and/or pinging it), nothing
> happens and I get watchdog timeout errors.

Try using:
sysctl kern.emergency_intr_enable=1
sysctl kern.emergency_intr_freq=10
as mentioned in:
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2006-10/msg00240.html

Best Regards,
sephe

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