Subject: Re: Kernel panics with pci network cards (fxp and ex)
To: Arto Huusko <arto.huusko@utu.fi>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/22/2004 22:09:25
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 06:39:20PM +0300, Arto Huusko wrote:
> ># ifconfig ex0
> >ex0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >        capabilities=7<IP4CSUM,TCP4CSUM,UDP4CSUM>
> >        enabled=7<IP4CSUM,TCP4CSUM,UDP4CSUM>
> >        address: 00:04:75:d9:6c:95
> >        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex)
> >        status: active
> >        inet 132.227.63.48 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 132.227.63.255
> >        inet6 fe80::204:75ff:fed9:6c95%ex0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
> 
> Did you try "ifconfig ex0" when the interface is not configured?
> 
> It seems that my 3c905 works on my AlphaStation 500 also, but not when it
> is not configured. I "fixed" the problem with this patch:

Right, I have the problem too. I'll try to have a look at this,
it looks like an uninitialised pointer.
Does anyone know if there's a PR open on this ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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