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Date:      Tue,  3 Aug 1999 12:05:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      jooji@neptune.oceancomputer.com
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   kern/12943: fxp driver not completely compatible with latest Intel PRO/100+ NICs
Message-ID:  <19990803190521.5859015102@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         12943
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       fxp driver not completely compatible with latest Intel PRO/100+ NICs
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug  3 12:10:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jasper O'Malley
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE (cvsupped 7/31/1999)
>Organization:
Ocean Computer Group
>Environment:
FreeBSD edge-nj.example.com 3.2-STABLE FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE #3: Mon Aug  2 14:47
:47 EDT 1999     root@edge-nj.example.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/EDGE-NJ  i386
>Description:
The fxp driver in -STABLE incorrectly identifies the MAC address of any
and all new Intel PRO/100+ Management PCI NICs--model 734938-001, and
probably later models, as well--as 00:a4:c0:91:d2:9c. Although the
card still operates with the driver, placing two or more machines using
these NICs on the same Ethernet network results in a conflict. Unlike
older cards, ifconfig reports that the media type for the card is
"manual", with a single supported media type of "manual", and does not
report any "status" information.

Also, the following error is reported on boot:

   fxp2: warning: unsupported PHY, type = 0, addr = 0

Here's the full output of ifconfig for the card:

   fxp2: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
           inet 10.2.24.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.2.24.255
           ether 00:a4:c0:91:d2:9c
           media: manual
           supported media: manual

For reference, the actual MAC address of the above card, as reported
by the DOS-based Intel setup utility, is 00:90:27:89:76:81. As an aside,
the command

   ifconfig fxp2 ether 00:90:27:89:76:81

results in a segfault; this happens with the old Intel PRO cards, too.

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>Fix:


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