[Soekris] Clock instability and network adapters

[ervin]

hi

I had similar situations with other Soekris boxes ... however I solved
it by compiling the FreeBSD kernel with

options		CPU_GEODE
options		CPU_SOEKRIS

Give it a try ...

ev23


On 02/12/2007, Tim Jakobsen <tja at jakobsen.vg> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have purchased a net5501-70 but I am experiencing some instability
> regarding the clock and the network adapters. I am wondering if it is
> because of the OS or if it is hardware.
>
> First I have sent the net5501 to Soekris to get the clock fixed but
> still I experience that the clock is being adjusted by ntpd. Sometimes
> by up to 12 seconds. This makes my daemons die which is unfortunate on
> a server. Is anyone else experiencing the same thing? Is this to do
> with the OS? I have tried NetBSD and OpenBSD.
> There does not seem to be a pattern to when the clock is in need of
> adjustment. Sometimes it can be hours before it is being adjusted and
> sometimes it can be minutes before an adjustment is needed.
>
> Second the network adapters seem to die after a few days. Then you
> have to logon to the console and do an ifconfig down ; ifconfig up and
> then everything is fine for a few hours/days till it happens all over
> again.
>
> Any suggestions as to what I should do to fix these problems are
> welcome.
>
> --
> Regards,
>   Tim
>
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mvh/best regards  ervin