Current amd64, "nve0: device timeout" with nForce4 ethernet

[Bjoern A. Zeeb]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Bryan V wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:21:55 +0200
> Daniel Rock <current at deadcafe.de> wrote:
>
> > Paul Richards schrieb:
> > > Hi,
> > > With CURRENT (checked out earlier this evening) on amd64 I cannot get
> > > my nForce4 ethernet adaptor to work.  The module automatically loads
> > > but I get messages of the form "nve0: device timeout(..)" when I
> > > attempt to use the interface.
> > >
> > > This is exactly the same problem that RELEASE 5.4 had using the nvlan
> > > port on my system.  I upgraded to current as I was told that the
> > > integrated nve driver in 6.0 was more up to date than the nvlan port.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have nForce4 ethernet working with any version of FreeBSD
> > > on amd64?  Is this something to do with my particular nForce4 chipset
> > > or is the nForce4 ethernet generally unsupported at this time?
> >
> > How much memory do you have?
> >
> > I'm too having trouble with the nve driver under FreeBSD, but only if memory
> > is mapped beyond the 4 GB mark.
> >
> > I have a Tyan S2895 mobo with a memory hole at 2.75 GB for PCI cards. In the
> > BIOS I can decide how to remap this memory: Disabled/Hardware/Software
> >
> > If I choose to set this setting to "Disabled" my nve driver works fine, with
> > any other setting I too get "device timeout"'s.

I tried that with my 4GB amd64 machine but it hadn't helped.

> I have a similar timeouts under current with an NForce2 (Abit NF7) with 1GB of memory. My timeouts usually happen under heavy usage however.

it's an nf4 MCP8 here and I cannot even get it up and working.
tx ring fills but packet don't get send.

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