Hi,

recently I posted this to port-xen thinking it might have been a Xen
issue, but it seems to be more down to hardware issues. Manuel Bouyer
said I might have more luck on this list.

I keep getting:
fxp0: device timeout

Now, I have tried various kernel configs, even read fxp man page as
per Steven M. Bellovin suggestion to no avail.

At first I thought the fxp was dead, but seems I was wrong and
dhclient works for a bit, I can also sit there with tcpdump watching
packets flowing, but most of the time the device is just "dead"
transmitting packets. I even I bridged it for my Xen DomUs, which is
my goal.

Yet it works fine under Windows XP. I have not tried other OS's yet.

here is a dmesg:

Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
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NetBSD 4.99.3 (XHOST) #0: Wed Nov  8 22:06:57 GMT 2006
       root@xhost:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/XHOST
total memory = 65536 KB
avail memory = 59368 KB
BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xf1930
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
ioapic0 at mainbus0 apid 2 (I/O APIC)
ioapic0: pa 0xfec00000, version 3, 24 pins
ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0
ioapic0: can't remap to apid 2
ioapic0: enabling
hypervisor0 at mainbus0
vcpu0 at hypervisor0: (uniprocessor)
vcpu0: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (686-class), 1822.50 MHz, id 0x6a0
vcpu0: features c3c3fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
vcpu0: features c3c3fbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMXX,MMX>
vcpu0: features c3c3fbff<FXSR,SSE,3DNOW2,3DNOW>
vcpu0: I-cache 64 KB 64B/line 2-way, D-cache 64 KB 64B/line 2-way
vcpu0: L2 cache 512 KB 64B/line 16-way
vcpu0: ITLB 16 4 KB entries fully associative, 8 4 MB entries fully associative
vcpu0: DTLB 32 4 KB entries fully associative, 8 4 MB entries 4-way
vcpu0: 8 page colors
debug virtual interrupt using event channel 1
xenbus0 at hypervisor0: Xen Virtual Bus Interface
xencons0 at hypervisor0: Xen Virtual Console Driver
npx0 at hypervisor0: using exception 16
acpi0 at hypervisor0: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
acpi0: using Intel ACPI CA subsystem version 20060217
acpi0: X/RSDT: OemId <ASUS  ,A7V8X-X ,42302e31>, AslId <MSFT,31313031>
acpi0: SCI interrupting at int 9
acpi0: fixed-feature power button present
mpacpi: could not get bus number, assuming bus 0
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured
acpibut0 at acpi0 (PNP0C0C): ACPI Power Button
PNP0C01 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0A03 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C02 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C02 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0000 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0200 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0100 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0B00 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0800 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C04 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0303 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C02 at acpi0 not configured
pci0 at hypervisor0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: vendor 0x1106 product 0x3189 (rev. 0x00)
agp0 at pchb0: aperture at 0xfe000000, size 0xe800000
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: vendor 0x1106 product 0xb168 (rev. 0x00)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
vga0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: vendor 0x1002 product 0x5159 (rev. 0x00)
wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
wsdisplay0: screen 1-4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
fxp0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: i82550 Ethernet, rev 13
fxp0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 16, event channel 3
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:02:b3:b4:e1:9d
inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 media interface, rev. 4
inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
uhci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: vendor 0x1106 product 0x3038 (rev. 0x80)
uhci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21, event channel 4
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: vendor 0x1106 UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1 at pci0 dev 16 function 1: vendor 0x1106 product 0x3038 (rev. 0x80)
uhci1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21, event channel 4
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1
uhub1: vendor 0x1106 UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2 at pci0 dev 16 function 2: vendor 0x1106 product 0x3038 (rev. 0x80)
uhci2: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21, event channel 4
usb2 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2
uhub2: vendor 0x1106 UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 3: vendor 0x1106 product 0x3104 (rev. 0x82)
ehci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21, event channel 4
ehci0: BIOS has given up ownership
ehci0: EHCI version 1.0
ehci0: companion controllers, 2 ports each: uhci0 uhci1 uhci2
usb3 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub3 at usb3
uhub3: vendor 0x1106 EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pcib0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0
pcib0: vendor 0x1106 product 0x3177 (rev. 0x00)
viaide0 at pci0 dev 17 function 1
viaide0: VIA Technologies VT8235 ATA133 controller
viaide0: bus-master DMA support present
viaide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: primary channel using event channel 5 for irq 14
atabus0 at viaide0 channel 0
viaide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: secondary channel using event channel 6 for irq 15
atabus1 at viaide0 channel 1
auvia0 at pci0 dev 17 function 5: VIA Technologies VT8235 AC'97 Audio (rev 0x50)
auvia0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 22, event channel 7
auvia0: ac97: Analog Devices AD1980 codec; headphone, 20 bit DAC, no 3D stereo
auvia0: ac97: ext id 3c7<AMAP,LDAC,SDAC,CDAC,SPDIF,DRA,VRA>
audio0 at auvia0: full duplex, mmap, independent
vr0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0: VIA VT6102 (Rhine II) 10/100 Ethernet
vr0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 23, event channel 8
vr0: Ethernet address: 00:0c:6e:23:21:99
rlphy0 at vr0 phy 1: RTL8201L 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
isa0 at pcib0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
Xen clock: using event channel 10
crypto: assign driver 0, flags 2
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 1 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 2 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 3 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 4 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 5 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 17 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 6 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 7 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 15 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 8 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 16 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 9 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 10 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 13 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 14 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 11 flags 0 maxoplen 0
crypto: driver 0 registers alg 18 flags 0 maxoplen 0
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
xenbus0: using event channel 11
atapibus0 at atabus0: 2 targets
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 1: <AOPEN   COM5232/AAH, , 1.05> cdrom removable
cd0: 32-bit data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33)
wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <Maxtor 6E040L0>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd0: 39205 MB, 79656 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 80293248 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
wd0(viaide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133) (using DMA)
cd0(viaide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33) (using DMA)
wd1 at atabus1 drive 0: <WDC WD600AB-77BVA0>
wd1: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd1: 57241 MB, 116301 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 117231408 sectors
wd1: 32-bit data port
wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd2 at atabus1 drive 1: <ExcelStor Technology J360>
wd2: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd2: 58644 MB, 119150 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 120103200 sectors
wd2: 32-bit data port
wd2: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd1(viaide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100) (using DMA)
wd2(viaide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100) (using DMA)
raid0: RAID Level 5
raid0: Components: /dev/wd1a /dev/wd2a
raid0: Total Sectors: 117231232 (57241 MB)
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
root file system type: ffs
raid0: Device already configured!
xvif1.0: Ethernet address 00:16:3e:09:09:0d
xbd backend: attach device vnd0d (size 1048576) for domain 1
xbd backend: attach device vnd1d (size 264192) for domain 1
xbd backend: attach device vnd2d (size 2625536) for domain 1
xbd backend 0x1 for domain 1 using event channel 16
xbd backend 0x2 for domain 1 using event channel 17
xbd backend 0x3 for domain 1 using event channel 18
xvif2.0: Ethernet address 00:16:3e:09:09:0b
xbd backend: attach device vnd3d (size 1048576) for domain 2
xbd backend: attach device vnd4d (size 264192) for domain 2
xbd backend: attach device vnd6d (size 2625536) for domain 2
xbd backend 0x1 for domain 2 using event channel 22
xbd backend 0x2 for domain 2 using event channel 23
xbd backend 0x3 for domain 2 using event channel 24
xvif3.0: Ethernet address 00:16:3e:09:09:09
xbd backend: attach device vnd7d (size 1048576) for domain 3
xbd backend: attach device vnd8d (size 264192) for domain 3
xbd backend: attach device vnd9d (size 2625536) for domain 3
xvif4.0: Ethernet address 00:16:3e:09:09:12
xbd backend: attach device vnd10d (size 1048576) for domain 4
xbd backend: attach device vnd11d (size 264192) for domain 4
xbd backend: attach device vnd12d (size 2625536) for domain 4
xbd backend 0x1 for domain 3 using event channel 30
xbd backend 0x2 for domain 3 using event channel 31
xbd backend 0x3 for domain 3 using event channel 32
xbd backend 0x1 for domain 4 using event channel 34
xbd backend 0x2 for domain 4 using event channel 35
xbd backend 0x3 for domain 4 using event channel 36
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout



-- 
Kimi