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From: sramkris@ichips.intel.com
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: ex0 driver doesn't work with EtherExpress Pro/10 Board
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>Number:         3569
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       ex0 driver doesn't work with EtherExpress Pro/10 Board
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May  9 11:50:00 PDT 1997
>Closed-Date:    Wed Jan 12 23:47:26 PST 2000
>Last-Modified:  Wed Jan 12 23:48:13 PST 2000
>Originator:     Sri Ramkrishna
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.1
>Organization:
Intel Corporation
>Environment:
Doesn't matter, problem occurs on two different machines running the OS.
(if this information is needed I'll do it..)
>Description:
the OS doesn't seem to want to use the ex0 driver to send any packets out the wire.
I was able to figure out after exhaustive investigation using tools
like tcpdump and other net tools to find out where the packets are going.
Essentially if I try to ping anything that isn't local, it will time
out or say "no route to host" error.  

If it was only my system I might possibly concede that it might be mis-configured.
However, it has not worked on two different extremes.  A two computer LAN at 
home didn't work and it didn't work on a production network here at Intel Corp.

The behavior is exactly the same, not able to communicate with the outside world.
The same board works fine under the Windows environment.

I'm not sure what other information to give you.  We've tried about 
everything one could do.  

I find it hard to believe that the driver made it past beta test in a broken
state, so there must be a part of the puzzle that we have not looked
it.  If anybody in the team has gotten EtherExpress Pro working we
would like to know how it was done.  Thanks!
>How-To-Repeat:
Install a EtherExpress Pro/10 board on a Pentium class machine.
>Fix:
No fix that I know of.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: "Michael G. Thompson" <mthompsn@mica.edu>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, sramkris@ichips.intel.com
Cc:  Subject: Re: kern/3569: ex0 driver doesn't work with EtherExpress Pro/10 Board
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 11:00:25 -0500

 I'm instaling FBSD 2.2.5-STABLE on a Compaq Proliant 1600.  I'm using an
 Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+.  The card is set to IRQ3, port 0x220.  The
 server sees it (using system configuration software), the card
 diagnostic software sees it (under DOS partition), and I've set it up in
 UserConfig correctly (no IRQ conflicts), but during boot (using -v) FBSD
 says it can't find ex0 at 0x220, and ifconfig says ex0 doesn't exist.  I
 haven't yet configured a custom kernel, I'm using GENERIC.  Help me,
 please!  Thanks in advance.
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 |   Michael G. Thompson, Director of Computer and Network Services   |
 |   Maryland Institute, College Of Art - Campus Technical Services   |
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From: "Michael G. Thompson" <mthompsn@mica.edu>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, sramkris@ichips.intel.com
Cc:  Subject: Re: kern/3569: ex0 driver doesn't work with EtherExpress Pro/10 Board
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 14:50:07 -0500

 Figured it out, card is now running.  Boot up under DOS, run the card
 diagnostic software and TURN OFF PLUG N' PLAY FEATURE.  Then reboot
 under FBSD, et voila!  She works!  Thanks to all for your help.
 -- 
 ======================================================================
 |   Michael G. Thompson, Director of Computer and Network Services   |
 |   Maryland Institute, College Of Art - Campus Technical Services   |
 |         1300 Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland  21217        |
 |   Voice: (410) 225-2464                      Fax: (410) 225-2468   |
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State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: nbm 
State-Changed-When: Fri Dec 17 01:51:57 PST 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
Is this still an issue?  There have been numerous changes to the driver 
since 2.2.1. 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: mdodd 
State-Changed-When: Wed Jan 12 23:47:26 PST 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
Stale PR.  Driver no longer becomes confused when confronted by a PnP board. 
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