Re: xl0 fails to initialize on 2.9 and 3.0 snapshot

["s. carter" <nulld@nulld.net>]

> actually i fixed the problem by setting media to autodetect instead of
> 100baseTX when configuring the card during installation. it now works on
> 3.0 snapshot. the driver successfully sets the card up for 100baseTX
> during the initailization of the network. the error message during
> booting xl0: command never completed is still there.
>
> daryl
from the source code:

/*
 * Murphy's law says that it's possible the chip can wedge and
 * the 'command in progress' bit may never clear. Hence, we wait
 * only a finite amount of time to avoid getting caught in an
 * infinite loop. Normally this delay routine would be a macro,
 * but it isn't called during normal operation so we can afford
 * to make it a function.
 */

i had the same problems with my 3com cards. both on my p200mmx and my
k6/2-450. they're crappy cards anyway. i put in two intel pro's and it
doubled my output. food for thought.

-nulld