Re: System freeze when useing bfe (Broadcom BCM440x) driver

From: Daniel O'Connor (doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au)
Date: 08/27/04

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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:27:14 +0930

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    On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:23, Genius Freak wrote:
    > I just installed 5.2.1 RELEASE from CD on my dell inspiron 1100
    >
    > I found some guides online and used them to create a custom kernel for
    > the laptop,
    > it compiled and booted fine however it freezes whenever I use the network
    > card. (example: running "pkg_add -r cvsup" causes it to freeze )
    >
    > I have compiled a second kernel while running the first to see it it
    > was just a CPU or resource issue but it went fine so it seems to me to
    > be the driver.
    >
    > I have attached the kernel config file for reference.
    >
    > Please tell me if there are any tricks to get this working properly.

    The bfe driver in 5.2.1 is faulty - if it gets a dud packet it will get into
    an infinite loop.

    Fetch rev 1.6 (5.2.1 has 1.4) from here ->
    http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/sys/dev/bfe/if_bfe.c?rev=1.6&content-type=text/plain

    and put it in /usr/src/sys/dev/bfe then rebuild your kernel, or if you used
    the KLD for bfe do..
    cd /usr/src/sys/modules/bfe
    make
    make install
    kldunload if_bfe
    kldload if_bfe

    Then cvsup to RELENG_5 :)

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