On Tuesday 16 June 2009 07:40:36 Michael Gass wrote: > I installed an old 3Com network card in my machine (Pavilion 4455) > and it works fine, but I get the following warning in dmesg > > ep0: <3Com 3C509-TPO EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa0 > ep0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface > ep0: Ethernet address: 00:01:02:69:4f:7c > ep0: [ITHREAD] > > What does "obsoleted if_watchdog interface" mean? Is it a problem that > I should try to do something about.
A watchdog interface checks if the hardware is still responsive. The ep driver uses the old interface, which still works, but is replaced with a new interface. The driver should be updated, yet it has not happened and as such the driver may stop working in a future major release. I do not know the current status of if_watchdog and when it's scheduled to be removed. -- Mel _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
