Dell Inspiron 630m

I'm just curious if anyone has a Dell Inspiron 630m or
similiar running FreeBSD.
I have one running 6.0-RELEASE but compiling -STABLE now.
I had a problem I've observed before on other inspirons,
when I configured the broadcom 4401
fast ethernet interface up the machine sort of locked up.
The link light on the ethernet port goes out and the machine
is locked up to the point
that I can switch virtual consoles and I can type in
characters on the console where
I ran ifconfig or dhclient. Other than that I don't seem to
be able to do anything
but hold the power button for 4 seconds to power off.
Any ideas?

Baldur


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On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Baldur Gislason wrote:

> I'm just curious if anyone has a Dell Inspiron 630m or
similiar running FreeBSD.
> I have one running 6.0-RELEASE but compiling -STABLE
now.
> I had a problem I've observed before on other
inspirons, when I configured the broadcom 4401
> fast ethernet interface up the machine sort of locked
up.
> The link light on the ethernet port goes out and the
machine is locked up to the point
> that I can switch virtual consoles and I can type in
characters on the console where
> I ran ifconfig or dhclient. Other than that I don't
seem to be able to do anything
> but hold the power button for 4 seconds to power off.
> Any ideas?

The bfe driver is broken for machines with more than 1GB of
RAM.
If that is the case you'll have to use the NDIS driver (or
set
hw.physmem to limit memory to 1GB...:-P)

    $.02,
    /Mikko
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On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 16:14 -0800, Mikko Työläjärvi wrote:
> The bfe driver is broken for machines with more than
1GB of RAM.
> If that is the case you'll have to use the NDIS driver
(or set
> hw.physmem to limit memory to 1GB...:-P)

Odd.  I'm running -current on an Inspiron 5160 that has a
Broadcom
BCM4401 and 2GB in it.  No problems so far, at least not
with just
booting and letting it sit idle.  I've been using wireless
exclusively
lately so I haven't been exercising the bfe driver, but you
seem to
imply that the machine would be DOA...
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On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Frank Mayhar wrote:

> On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 16:14 -0800, Mikko Työläjärvi
wrote:
>> The bfe driver is broken for machines with more
than 1GB of RAM.
>> If that is the case you'll have to use the NDIS
driver (or set
>> hw.physmem to limit memory to 1GB...:-P)
>
> Odd.  I'm running -current on an Inspiron 5160 that
has a Broadcom
> BCM4401 and 2GB in it.  No problems so far, at least
not with just
> booting and letting it sit idle.  I've been using
wireless exclusively
> lately so I haven't been exercising the bfe driver,
but you seem to
> imply that the machine would be DOA...

Not quite. but trying to bring up the bfe0 interface will
result in an
interrupt storm.

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I have 1280MB of ram, so that could be an explanation.
Btw, I tried to use the ndis driver and the machine just
panicked
because some functions have not been implemented.

Baldur

On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 06:06:48PM -0800, Mikko Tyljrvi
wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Frank Mayhar wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 16:14 -0800, Mikko Työläjärvi
wrote:
> >>The bfe driver is broken for machines with more
than 1GB of RAM.
> >>If that is the case you'll have to use the
NDIS driver (or set
> >>hw.physmem to limit memory to 1GB...:-P)
> >
> >Odd.  I'm running -current on an Inspiron 5160
that has a Broadcom
> >BCM4401 and 2GB in it.  No problems so far, at
least not with just
> >booting and letting it sit idle.  I've been using
wireless exclusively
> >lately so I haven't been exercising the bfe
driver, but you seem to
> >imply that the machine would be DOA...
> 
> Not quite. but trying to bring up the bfe0 interface
will result in an
> interrupt storm.
> 
>     
>     /Mikko

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Yeah, knocking hw.physmem down made bfe0 function...
It's a pity having to choose like this. I guess I'll
continue
to use the USB ethernet adapter then.
At least it's good to know that my onboard network adapter
actually works.

Baldur

On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 10:47:03AM +0000, Baldur Gislason
wrote:
> I have 1280MB of ram, so that could be an explanation.
> Btw, I tried to use the ndis driver and the machine
just panicked
> because some functions have not been implemented.
> 
> Baldur
> 
> On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 06:06:48PM -0800, Mikko Tyljrvi
wrote:
> > On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Frank Mayhar wrote:
> > 
> > >On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 16:14 -0800, Mikko
Työläjärvi wrote:
> > >>The bfe driver is broken for machines with
more than 1GB of RAM.
> > >>If that is the case you'll have to use
the NDIS driver (or set
> > >>hw.physmem to limit memory to 1GB...:-P)
> > >
> > >Odd.  I'm running -current on an Inspiron
5160 that has a Broadcom
> > >BCM4401 and 2GB in it.  No problems so far, at
least not with just
> > >booting and letting it sit idle.  I've been
using wireless exclusively
> > >lately so I haven't been exercising the bfe
driver, but you seem to
> > >imply that the machine would be DOA...
> > 
> > Not quite. but trying to bring up the bfe0
interface will result in an
> > interrupt storm.
> > 
> >     
> >     /Mikko
> 
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