> > > After the memory upgrade on my Laptop (HP nx5000) FreeBSD 6.0 stable, > > the driver for NIC bfe0 (Broadcom BCM4401-B0) stops working. The NIC > LED > > lights are on. The bfe0 interface is up and active. However, I got a > > permanent message on the console: > > > > bfe0: watching timeout -- resetting. > > > > This occurs in the case when I compile the new kernel without bfe > driver > > and load the bfe driver as module (if_bfe.ko). In the case when the > > driver is compiled into the kernel, the system stalls during the boot > or > > whenever I try to configure the interface. > ----- > I am CC this to a few people on the freebsd-current list that had > somewhat simular symptoms with other hardware. > ----- > Have you tried to boot with the old contigmalloc using the sysctl > option "vm.old_contigmalloc=1"?
Just let you know, I have tried this option today too. The driver loaded without problem. However, dhclient stalled for ever. On another note, I got this card working with ndis. The windows driver was downloaded from the dell site. (As the native HP's one produced kernel panic) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
