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Date:      Wed, 22 Oct 1997 13:10:24 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Whats this mean? 
Message-ID:  <199710222010.NAA22789@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Oct 1997 16:04:10 EDT." <Pine.BSI.3.95.971022160338.11317J-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> 

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>On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, David Greenman wrote:
>
>> >
>> >> fxp0: warning: unsupported PHY, type = 7, addr = 1
>> >
>> >
>> >I get this on my 2.2.2R
>> 
>>    It means that you have a newer Pro/100B card that has an 82555 PHY chip
>> on it. I didn't add support for that until after FreeBSD 2.2.2.
>> 
>
>Its seems to be working that way though..  Should I be worried enough to
>upgrade from 2.2.2?

   It may not work in both (10/100) modes and you won't be able to use it
in full duplex. You should upgrade to 2.2.5 in any case - we've fixed a
lot of important bugs.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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