Ping? Or should I send this to misc or bugs (apologies for asking - I'm new to the community)? Thanks!
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Geoffrey Peterson <geoff...@getmindme.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I just installed an Intel PRO/1000MT Dual Port Server Adapter > (PWLA8492MT) PCI-X card into my G5 tower running OpenBSD5.9 and it’s > not being handled correctly at boot, causing a freeze [technically, > starting adb0 causes the freeze, but this seems to be due to em(4) > throwing "can't find i/o space" when configuring the NIC's second > ethernet port]. > > Both the G5 > (www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/specs/powermac_g5_1.8.html) > and the dual-port NIC are listed as supported hardware > (man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/em.4). The G5 boots fine > without the new NIC and also boots fine if I “disable em” in > boot_config (although then, obviously, the NIC isn’t configured). > I’ve tried the card unsuccessfully in all three of the available PCI-X > slots - in the below it’s in Slot 4. I unfortunately don’t have > another machine on which to test to confirm the card itself is not > faulty. > > Attached files are: > 1) dmesg from stalled boot with NIC (transcribed from screen) > 2) dmesg from successful boot without NIC > 3) dmesg from successful boot with NIC but “em disabled” > 4) “dump-device-tree” output from open firmware with NIC installed (via > telnet) > > I'd like to be helpful: if the fix for this issue makes the macppc > code more robust that’s great...but if it’s just messing with > configurations then no stress and I'll grab some different NIC cards > and not waste anyone's time. Please let me know if I can send > anything else to be helpful. > > Many thanks in advance, > Geoffrey
