On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 04:09:10PM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 08:51:12PM -0700, Corsaire01 wrote: > > > Hi Mark, > > thanks for your input. > > > > In deed the new UEFI firmware is much better. > > Things moving on :) > > > > However I stumbled on a strange.. bug/behavior ? > > > > I put a Intel EXPI9402PT network card in the macchiatobin, it is an Intel > > PRO 100 series card and it is being recognized out of the box in the kernel. > > The macchiatobin too shows it without trouble at boot in kernel output. > > I can configure the network right but, once I link the ethernet cable in the > > port the system goes crazy, apparently CPU usage goes 100%... > > > > When still unplugged everything is fine. > > > > Did you experienced such thing ? > > I'm not seeing any problem with > > em0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82574L" rev 0x00: msi, address > 68:05:ca:0c:ac:bf > > -Otto >
'EXPI9402PT' seems to mean 82571GB and msi is disabled on <= 82572 due to an errata: /* * Only use MSI on the newer PCIe parts, with the exception * of 82571/82572 due to "Byte Enables 2 and 3 Are Not Set" errata */