On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 11:02:41AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2011/05/02 01:16, Edd Barrett wrote: > > On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 08:10:56PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > On 2011/05/01 18:35, Edd Barrett wrote: > > > > I have acquired a netboot (packard bell dot s), which I think uses this > > > > NIC. Is > > > > there an updated diff? > > > > > > Yes I just took the 2 minutes it took to apply it and fix > > > the minor conflicts and linewrapping issue with the diff. > > > Untested beyond "it builds". > > > > Stu's diff seems to work, > > kevlo's diff really.. > > > although the first time i booted my bsd.rd I was > > unable to install due to: > > > > alc0: watchdog timeout (missed link) > > I had a report of a system with alc(4) which only works if the > cable is connected at boot. Is that what happens for you too? > If so, try this, similar to freebsd r214542.
This change was already included in kevlo's diff. It does seem like it could still be related to the link state. I managed to get another error by: * booting with no cable plugged in. * once the system is up, connect a cable * run dhclient alc0 Then as DHREQUESTs were sent some kernel messages: alc0: watchdog timeout alc0: could not disable RxQ/TxQ (0x00000008)! alc0: could not disable RxQ/TxQ MAC(0x00000008)! Might give some clues? After those messages, the interface does infact recieve a DHCP address and the interface does work. So I would not let this hold back the commit. -- Best Regards Edd Barrett http://www.theunixzoo.co.uk
