I am getting a page fault with a new install of FreeBSD 5.3 Release. Something changed with the nge driver in FreeBSD 5.3. I did not have this problem with 5.2.1. I just performed a clean install on a box that had been running 5.2.1 RELEASE for a few months.

The box is an Instrusion Detection System. I have fiber taps in place on the network and use the rx ports of the nic to monitor the traffic.

In 5.2.1, i would do this to bond ports and monitor them:

# ifconfig nge0 media 1000baseSX mediaopt full-duplex promisc -arp up
# ifconfig nge1 media 1000baseSX mediaopt full-duplex promisc -arp up
# ngctl mkpeer fec dummy fec
# ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"nge0"'
# ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"nge1"'
# ngctl msg fec0: set_mode_inet
# ifconfig fec0 promisc -arp up

However, when i set the media options for nge0, the machine panics and dies. The panic message is hand typed below.

FreeBSD 5.3 RELEASE.
Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz CPU
1GB RAM
80GB Maxtor HD
(1x) Intel 82801DB (ICH4) Pro/100 Ethernet
(6x) NetGear GA621 fiber 1GB NIC


Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode fault virtual address = 0x8 fault code = supervisor read, page not present instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc055a002 stack pointer = 0x10:0xe32a2c9c frame pointer = 0x10:0xe32a2cac code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b = DPL 0, pres 1, def 2 1, gran 1 processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resuep, IOPL = 0 current process = 27 (irq17: nge0) trap number = 12 panic: page fault _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

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