Re: OpenBSD on a Nokia IP380

[s_gammons]

Looks like I've been reinventing the wheel.  After some searching, I see 
others have gotten m0n0wall to work on the IP380 but have ran into the 
same problem with the MAC address.  It seems as though the eeproms that 
store the MAC address aren't on the system board.  I had a couple of the 
eeproms and soldered them on the board.  I also managed to find the 
erupdate utility on the Intel website after searching for it by product. 
The site search failed to find it...  Anyway, I was able to program the 
MAC addresses for fxp0 and fxp1.  After some more experimenting, I found 
out what's causing the OS to hang when it starts the network.  It seems 
as though the Nokia dual Ethernet card and Gigabit Ethernet card 
conflict with the onboard NICs.  The OS loads fine when those cards are 
removed, but it hangs at starting the network when either or both are 
installed.  Guess I'll have to live with the 4 onboard NICs for the time 
being.

I don't know what causes the intermittent hard drive controller errors, 
but it seems to be related to the Nokia cards. An IRQ conflict perhaps?


Stan