Hi,

On 13/11/06, Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> There are some fxp chips that do have problems.  The dmesg on one of my
> machine says:
>
>         fxp1 at pci2 dev 5 function 0: i82559S Ethernet, rev 9
>         fxp1: interrupting at irq 5
>         fxp1: May need receiver lock-up workaround
>         fxp1: Ethernet address 00:20:fc:1e:67:41
>         inphy1 at fxp1 phy 1: i82555 10/100 media interface, rev. 4
>
> and I do see timeouts.  See fxp(4) for a work-around -- it may be worth
> trying the suggestion, even if you're not seeing the message.
>

none of those suggestions seemed to have worked for me, Interestingly
the card works no problem unders Windows XP.

I'm heading over to port-i386 to see if I can this card to work properly.

Thank you both for your time.

>                 --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
>


-- 
Kimi