From: Melameth, Daniel D. (dmelamethmba-cpa.com)
Date: Thu Nov 09 2006 - 22:14:21 CST

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STeve Andre' wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 22:20, Melameth, Daniel D. wrote:
> > STeve Andre' wrote:
> > > On Monday 06 November 2006 22:10, Melameth, Daniel D. wrote:
> > > > I'm having the same issue with 4.0 -stable--well, a bastardized
> > > > copy of -stable that also contains ral, cardbus and related
> > > > changes from -current. I've used more than one fxp card as
> > > > well as more than one ral card and the issue stays the
> > > > same--fxp0: warnings and timeouts and, eventually under load or
> > > > after a few days, the box locks up with no apparent panic and
> > > > ddb.console=1 provides no help. If I recall correctly, the
> > > > issue also exists if I replace fxp with xl. It would appear so
> > > > long as there are two Cardbus cards in this box, this issue
> > > > occurs--as fxp plus wi is rock solid.
> > > >
> > > > How do I troubleshoot this further?
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > Ugh. This brings back some memories. I'm pretty sure it was a
> > > sat pro that I had some cardbus problems with some time ago. I
> > > believe I did a bios update, which changed things; better but not
> > > perfect. So try that, and look in the bios settings for anything
> > > that can tweak the cardbus slots. Given my experiences with
> > > this, I'm thinking there is a good chance that your problem lies
> > > in the laptop itself. Good luck.
> >
> > Yea, I figured as much/was afraid of that. Thanks for sharing.
>
> Thinking on this a little more, you might, just might see a difference
> between booting up with the cards, and inserting the cards after
> booting, or some combination of one card in and one card inserted
> post boot. I dimly remember doing that and wondering what was
> going on, so that might affect your results. Also change the speed
> of the system if you can to see what that does. I think you are
> likely out of luck here, but something truly screwy might help you.
>
> Ah, and you mention backporting some of the ral code--have you tried
> running -current on it? Can't hurt...

I'm not interested in having it work if it requires an eclectic
combination of add/removing hardware after booting or whatnot. What do
you mean by changing the speed of the system? I can try running
-current, but I doubt there'll be much change from my -stable--though,
yea, it can't hurt. At the end of the day, I might just get another
laptop with on-board Ethernet instead and, therefore, drop this routing
over Cardbus bus stuff.

Thanks,
D

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