FYI, if you are using a newer version of vmware we ran into a bug in which the virtual NICs are reset as the system boots up. So once interrupts are enabled you get a "storm" of packets ignored by driver. Here is a patch for -stable that should be close for -current etc. Index: sys/i386/isa/if_lnc.c =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/freebsd/src/sys/i386/isa/Attic/if_lnc.c,v retrieving revision 1.68.2.5 diff -u -p -r1.68.2.5 if_lnc.c --- sys/i386/isa/if_lnc.c 13 Feb 2002 00:43:10 -0000 1.68.2.5 +++ sys/i386/isa/if_lnc.c 24 Mar 2004 16:12:00 -0000 _at__at_ -1244,6 +1244,8 _at__at_ lnc_attach_sc(struct lnc_softc *sc, int ether_ifattach(&sc->arpcom.ac_if, ETHER_BPF_SUPPORTED); + lnc_init(sc); + printf("lnc%d: ", unit); if (sc->nic.ic == LANCE || sc->nic.ic == C_LANCE) printf("%s (%s)", _at__at_ -1338,6 +1340,8 _at__at_ lnc_init(xsc) s = splimp(); lnc_stop(sc); + inw(sc->rdp + PCNET_RESET - PCNET_RDP); + outw(sc->rdp + PCNET_RESET - PCNET_RDP, 0); sc->arpcom.ac_if.if_flags |= IFF_BROADCAST | IFF_SIMPLEX | IFF_MULTICAST; /* XXX??? */ /* Doug A.Received on Sun Aug 15 2004 - 17:25:43 UTC
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