FreeBSD 5-STABLE, MSI KT880 , fxp and SCB timeouts

[Jon Noack]

Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 09:33:41PM -0600, Jon Noack wrote:
>>On 02/23/05 21:30, Dan Nelson wrote:
>>>In the last episode (Feb 23), Jon Noack said:
>>>>On 02/23/05 20:06, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote:
>>>>>My last motherboard burned down to ashes so I got myself a brand
>>>>>(after 2 weeks) new MSI KT880. I am getting some weird results.
>>>>>
>>>>>1) fxp intel etherxpress 10/100 network cards report SCB timeout
>>>>>as well as achieving ridiculously low transfer rates of 600
>>>>>Bytes/second. Well, I got 10 KBytes/sec once but that does not count
>>>>>since a side box gets more than 50KB/s ;-) on the same hub. Oh, I've
>>>>>already switched hub ports, rj45 cables and fxp cards.
>>>>
>>>>Duplex mismatch?  You say "hub" and not "switch", so you might need
>>>>to force the card to half-duplex.  Oddly enough, the fxp(4) man page
>>>>doesn't include half-duplex as a media option.  Surely it supports
>>>>it...
> 
> Actually, it is a 5 port switch (10/100 TX). Any thoughts? I can
> provide as much information as necessary. By the way, another
> computer using exactly a fxp connected to the same switch works
> nicely.

Try forcing full-duplex?  The output of "ifconfig" would also be helpful 
(you can sanitize IP and MAC addresses)?

Jon