Re: 3C940 / Asus P4P800 gigabit LAN driver

On Sun Aug 24, 10:42P -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 01:22:39PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 04:45:30PM +0100, Stuart Walsh wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I ported the openbsd additions to the sk driver to support the 3c940
> > > gigabit network card which is commonly found in the above asus
> > > motherboard.  Testers/comments/commits welcome, but please don't
> > > blame me if it burns your house down or something :)
> >
> > Hi Stuart,
> >
> > I tried this patch instead of the earlier ones you pointed me to on
> > IRC.
> >
> > Unfortunately my Asus P4P800 still locks up solid (reset button
> > required) after printing the 3c940's ethernet address.
> >
> > I'm interested to know if other P4P800 owners have the same issue.
> 
> I have an Abit IS7 with a 3c940.  I also get a lockup at boot time.  I
> tried loading the module after bootup as well.  I tried that two times;
> it loaded one time and locked the machine up the other time.
> 

Does it lock up after printing the ethernet address as in Wilko's case?
Does the card work properly if the module does manage to load?  Also
could you mail your dmesg.

Regards,

Stuart