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Date:      Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:15:06 -0700
From:      David Hinds <dhinds@valinux.com>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.0-RELEASE, Netgear FA410TXC, device timeout
Message-ID:  <20000619121506.A1281@valinux.com>

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The problem with the Netgear FA410TXC, D-Link DFE-650, and some
Linksys 10/100 cards (and maybe more I'm forgetting) is that the "MII"
(media independent interface) on these cards has to be reset by the
driver at startup time.  Otherwise the cards won't successfully
autonegotiate.

There is code in the current linux pcnet_cs driver to do this (similar
to what the fa_select program does, but cleaner and more general).  It
is a bit complicated because you have to push commands to the MII one
bit at a time through a serial link.

-- Dave


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