In message: <201003190837.48346....@freebsd.org> John Baldwin <j...@freebsd.org> writes: : On Thursday 18 March 2010 3:27:58 pm Joerg Wunsch wrote: : > I'm running into a strange problem with 8-current (or 8.0-RELEASE) on : > an elderly Thinkpad 600E. : > : > As long as I'm using the GENERIC kernel, an Intel Etherexpress PC card : > works as expected: : > : > interrupt storm detected on "irq11:"; throttling interrupt source : > xe0: <Intel EtherExpress(TM) PRO/100 PC Card Mobile Adapter16> at port : 0x100-0x10f iomem 0x20000000-0x20000fff irq 11 function 0 config 1 on pccard1 : > xe0: version 0x45/0x04, 100Mbps capable : > xe0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:c9:bc:b5:ef : > xe0: [ITHREAD] : > : > However, as soon as I start removing unneeded stuff from the kernel : > config file, the driver completely jams. It just sits there, the : > machine blocks, until I eventually pop out the card, when I get the : > following messages: : > : > cbb1: ready never happened, status = 00 : > xe0: <Intel EtherExpress(TM) PRO/100 PC Card Mobile Adapter16> at port : 0x100-0x10f iomem 0x20000000-0x20000fff irq 11 function 0 config 1 on pccard1 : > xe0: version 0xff/0x07, 100Mbps capable : > xe0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:c9:bc:b5:ef : > xe0: [ITHREAD] : > xe0: detached : > cbb1: Bad Vcc requested : > : > As the CPU is a little slow, recompiling kernels takes an eternity on : > it (even with NO_KERNELCLEAN), so I could not isolate it to a single : > line in the config file so far. : : Sounds like the process of removing things prevented the interrupt storm from : being throttled somehow, and that ejecting the card caused the interrupt storm : to finally stop at which point the card was probed. I would talk to Warner : (imp@) about trying to fix the interrupt storm. Also, if you could narrow : down which particular item that you trim "breaks" it, that would be helpful.
Yes. Do other cards cause this same problem? The cbb1: Bad Vcc is a big clue something is going wrong with the bridge, not the card. Warner _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"