[altq 681] Re: rl0 Watchdog timeout

[Kenjiro Cho <kjc@csl.sony.co.jp>]

Philippe Letrait wrote:
> I have a Realteck 8139 NIC (Network Interface Card) under my NetBSD 1.4.2 Operating System
> and have the following message when trying to configure it (after ifconfig etc....).
> 
> "rl0: Wathdog Timeout" and the ping program doesn't work -> "Host is Down" (or sometimes inaceptable timings ... about 60000ms)
> 
> I would like to pass this message without changing to a 3com NIC (as 'Bulent Tatlidil' said)
> 
> So, Kenjiro Cho's message on "18 Sep 2000"
> said that I have to add a patch to the "dev/pci/if_rl.c" file.
> 
> I did this, recompile my kernel and it still not working.
> 
> Does someone have a solution for me ?

If an error occurs even when ALTQ is not enabled, I suspect a hardware
problem of your NIC.
Does it work with a GENERIC kernel?

-Kenjiro