what kernel, etc, are you running? also, what rev of firmware do you have
in both the '260 and the defta? (can the firmware on the deftas be 
changed without pulling chips and writing roms? )

isildur

On Sun, 4 May 2003, Matt Thomas wrote:

> At 01:53 PM 5/3/2003, Lord Isildur wrote:
> 
> >hmm.. ive just spent much of the day installing different versions (did not
> >get to 1.6 yet, admittedly, but i have a lot of disagreement with many of
> >the changes in 1.6 and dont want to run it unless i really have to.. :),
> >from 1.4 up to 1.5.3, and can not get reliable operation of a DEFTA on a
> >5000/260. in 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, with modified pdq.c as suggested quite a
> >while ago here, i can move traffic through the cards, but as soon as i
> >start e.g. an outgoing ftp of a big file, it panics with 'out of the TLB
> >universe' or something like that.. in 1.5.2 and 1.5.3, it wont even do
> >that, it just prints out a few lines about a DMA error, link unavailable,
> >then link available.. no traffic moves... Is it a lost cause to use a
> >DEFTA on a '260 in netbsd? has anyone ever known that combination
> >to work?
> 
> It works fine in my 260.
> 
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