install 5.2 on Thinkpad T40 fxp problem

[Chris Pressey]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 02:22:32 +0800
"Zhang Weiwu" <weiwuzhang at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello. I read some FreeBSD on Thinkpad T40 storis (prior to 5.2), these 
> guys have luckly have almost everything working!
> 
> Now I just brought a new T40. The first problem is fxp0 autodetected and 
> always timeout:
> fxp0: device timeout
> fxp0 timeout on whatever network operation (ping, dhclient etc). 
> I'm sure the cable, the network and the connector is okay, only it is a 
> 10BaseT ethernet. 
> 
> #dmesg | grep fxp
> fxp0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) Pro/100 VE Ethernet> port 0x8000-0x803f mem 
> 0xc0201000-0xc0201fff irq 11 at device 8.0 on pci2
> fxp0: Ethernet address 00:0d:60:12:c3:61
> miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0
> #ifconfig fxp0
> fxp0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>       ether 00:0d:60:12:c3:61
>       media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP)
>       status: active
> 
> I noticed lots of other devices are using irq 11 too, don't know if it can 
> be a problem:
> uhci1: irq 11
> uhci2: irq 11
> cbb0: irq 11
> cbb1: irq 11
> 
> Please give me a hint how to go on! Thank you.

Maybe this page will help provide some insight?

  "resolving IRQ conflicts in FreeBSD on a ThinkPad A20m"
  http://www.paulbeard.org/movabletype/archives/000415.html

-Chris