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On Tuesday 11 January 2005 13:03, Allen Briggs wrote:
> > =A0 =A0 This configuration has caused the Motherboard to turn off with =
some
> > hardware error and requires a physical disconnection from power. =A0The
> > reset button doesn't work. =A0 And Intel blames NetBSD.
>
> That's really unfriendly. =A0I've never seen that behavior. =A0This is the
> same card as on the Dell?

The chip sets are on the motherboard for both the Intel motherboard and the=
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Dell motherboard.   As far as I can tell, it is the same chip set, although=
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there is a different EEPROM listed.   Both reported back as:
 Intel i82547GI 1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 0

The one that hangs the system reports:
wm0: 65536 word (16 address bits) SPI EEPROM

But I've had conversations with others for which it works when reporting th=
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above EEPROM.   I really don't know.   Just for reference, the working=20
machine reports:
wm0: 64 word (6 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM

As for being unfriendly, our local supplier reported back after a conversat=
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with Intel something like "NetBSD is not a supported OS."    And since I=20
haven't been able to get the machine to act the same with "a supported OS",=
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it must be NetBSD's problem, right?

=2D --Phil

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Phil Nelson                       NetBSD: http://www.netbsd.org
e-mail: phil@cs.wwu.edu           Coda: http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu
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