Subject: Intel 82558/82559 Etherexpress on Ebsa285
To: None <port-arm32@netbsd.org>
From: Dave McConnell <davem@eastcoast.co.za>
List: port-arm32
Date: 09/23/1999 14:22:51
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Hello There
Has anybody succesfully used an Intel etherexpress PCI bus ethernet card =
with the Intel 82558 or 82559 (the fxp driver in Netbsd 1.4).=20
On the EBSA 285 card, I have tried ethernet cards with the 82558 and =
82559 chips and get the same result i.e. VERY slow performance and =
ultimately the card seems to freeze up.
I'm using the ethernet card to do an NFS mount root, it DHCP's OK but =
boots very very slowly, i.e. half an hour or so and you are still not =
booted (but there is progress) and then the card seems to freeze and its =
game over...
I have tried both 10mb/s and 100mb/s. Also, when I use an ne2000 card, =
it NFS boots just fine.
Any ideas? DMA maybe? I'm pretty sure my RAM is OK.
Thanks
David
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hello There</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Has anybody succesfully used an Intel etherexpress =
PCI bus=20
ethernet card with the Intel 82558 or 82559 (the fxp driver in Netbsd =
1.4).=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>On the EBSA 285 card, I have tried ethernet cards =
with the=20
82558 and 82559 chips and get the same result i.e. VERY slow performance =
and=20
ultimately the card seems to freeze up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I'm using the ethernet card to do an NFS mount root, =
it DHCP's=20
OK but boots very very slowly, i.e. half an hour or so and you are still =
not=20
booted (but there is progress) and then the card seems to freeze and its =
game=20
over...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have tried both 10mb/s and 100mb/s. Also, when I =
use an=20
ne2000 card, it NFS boots just fine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Any ideas? DMA maybe? I'm pretty =
sure my RAM is=20
OK.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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