fxp network problems on alpha
Sten Spans
sten at blinkenlights.nl
Tue Mar 9 08:37:27 PST 2004
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>
> Sten Spans writes:
> >
> > I am experiencing a quite serious problems with the fxp
> > interfaces in my alpha running 5.2.1 ( the problem also shows
> > up with current ). The easiest way to trigger the problem
> > is to run netperf (benchmarks/netperf). The interface
> > dies almost immeadiately.
> >
>
> What cpu type do you compile with?
towel# grep CPU /etc/make.conf
CPUTYPE=ev56
>
>
> I use an ev6 machine with an fxp and it works just great. All my
> kernels are built with my cpu type set to ev6 in /etc/make.conf:
> CPUTYPE=ev6
>
> (or use ev56 if you have an ev56)
>
> And with the appended patch.
>
> Can you see if either or both help you?
I have replaced the nics with xl's which work fine.
I'll try to reproduce the problem on the ds10 which I
have at home.
--
Sten Spans
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