Bug 29365

On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 03:12:37PM +0200, tonyo@direct.hu wrote:
> 
> >Number:         29365
> >Category:       kern
> >Synopsis:       When We configure up the xl0 device BSD hangup or the load go up
> >Originator:     Tornyossy Csaba
> >Release:        FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386
> >Organization:
> Nektor IT 	
> >Environment:
> System: FreeBSD NightWish 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #1: Tue Jul 31 13:50:57 CEST 2001 tonyo@NightWish:/usr/src/sys/compile/NightWish i386
> 
> Network card: 3COM 3C905C-TXM EtherLink10/100PCI
> Main board: Intel 82801BA (problem tested in another machine)
> Processor: PIII/800
> Kernel sources cvsupped from cvsup.hu.freebsd.org at 07/31/2001
> 
> >Description:
> 
> In this machine when we configure the xl0 device (3com Etherlink), the processor usage go up, the whole system extremly slow down. In other cases the systemi just hang up, and we can do only cold reboot.  
> 
> The card with other OSs (like linux) works fine. The problem only exists in FreeBSD.
> 
> >How-To-Repeat:
> Just ifconfig the xl? interface with this card. 
> >Fix:
> no ideas.

Try adding an appropriate 'media' option, like:

ifconfig_xl0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy media 10baseT"

..or 'media 100baseTX' as appropriate.

I, too, have noticed that some xl cards have great trouble autonegotiating
with some brands of switches under FreeBSD.

G'luck,
Peter

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Adding this to the PR's audit trail (by CC'ing a copy of the message
to freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org)..

G'luck,
Peter

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To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
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Subject: Re: kern/29365: 3COM "3c905c-txm" problems
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On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Peter Pentchev wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 03:12:37PM +0200, tonyo@direct.hu wrote:
> > 
> > >Number:         29365
> > >Category:       kern
> > >Synopsis:       When We configure up the xl0 device BSD hangup or the load go up
> > >Originator:     Tornyossy Csaba
> > >Release:        FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386
> > >Organization:
> > Nektor IT 	
[...] 
> ..or 'media 100baseTX' as appropriate.
> 
> I, too, have noticed that some xl cards have great trouble autonegotiating
> with some brands of switches under FreeBSD.

Thanks, the network card works fine with the 10baseTX/UTP media label. We
think, documenting the 3com vs. media type change solution is a good idea. 

Best regards,
Tonyo

p.s.: sorry my english

> G'luck,
> Peter
> 
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> Thit sentence is not self-referential because "thit" is not a word.
> 



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Comment 3 Bruce A. Mah 2001-11-10 20:23:51 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

From reading the audit trail, it appears that this problem has been 
resolved.