Ken Gunderson wrote:
Hello All:
I'm having some issues w/an Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter
in an OBSD-3.7 box. The card is in the pci-x riser on one of
these puppies;
<http://www.tyan.com/products/html/gt20b5151.html>
Dmesg complains the "The EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid". I've tested
the card in a Winblows machine and it works. Any insights as to what
is going on here greatly appreciated.
I experienced the same problem with that card. And yes, it's driving me
nuts too. :)
What's strange is that I have two older cards (same model) and they
work fine with OpenBSD.
I am testing the problematic card in a Dell Precision 380 workstation
(no PCI-X riser here :)).
dmesg snippet:
em0 at pci5 dev 2 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82546GB)" rev 0x01: irq
3em0: The EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid
em0: Unable to initialize the hardware
em1 at pci5 dev 2 function 1 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82546GB)" rev 0x01: irq
9em1: The EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid
em1: Unable to initialize the hardware
Full dmesg (slightly dated) at:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=112664653901887&w=2
(see "Problem 3")
At first, I thought the problem could be resolved by using the latest
Intel drivers. OpenBSD recently sync'ed the em(4) driver with Intel's
latest, and I just tried a recent October snapshot containing that
driver. Unfortunately, the problem is still there.
If you still have the packaging of your card, could you please
let me know the date and version of your card? I'm just trying to see
if there's a certain batch of cards exhibiting that problem. Mine are:
Date: 10/18/2004
Version: A85400-006
Also, a kind soul on the Internet sent me the following link showing
how it can be resolved with FreeBSD, but I haven't had time to
investigate it in detail yet.
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2004-July/004302.html
If you do find a solution, please let the list know. I'll do the same.
Thanks!
Lawrence
