Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:07:30 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Stephane THOMAS <stephane.thomas@lexmarkpartners-europe.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pb with network interface and some other questions Message-ID: <20070129180730.GE39489@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <OFCE910577.F56D2597-ONC1257272.0050ACBE-C1257272.005275EB@lexmark.com> References: <OFCE910577.F56D2597-ONC1257272.0050ACBE-C1257272.005275EB@lexmark.com>
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--Rgf3q3z9SdmXC6oT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 04:00:43PM +0100, Stephane THOMAS wrote: > The main pb I have is that the ethernet interface (bge0) works, but=20 > breakdown a few minutes after I boot. with this message (repeated) in the= =20 > first VT : "bge0: PHY read timeout". I tried googling to find out a=20 > solution but I must admit I'm a little bit lost. Do one has an idea for= =20 > this ? The problem happens with or without ACPI support. Check the mailing list archives: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/=20 I've seen some messages concerning bge recently. > My network interface is : Broadcom BCM5705 A1, ASIC rev. 0x3001 > I upgraded my BIOS with the last version available. > ifconfig tell me : "media : Ethernet autoselect". I would try to force to= =20 > 100MB but I can't find where to change this setting. Have a look at the bge(4) and ifconfig(8) manual pages. What you need is the "media" parameter to ifconfig, which you should set to 100baseTX. =20 > The second point is just a question I have : what's the difference betwee= n=20 > 6.2-RELEASE and 6.2-STABLE ? This can be somewhat confusing, especially since you sometimes also see CVS tags. Have a look at appendix A.7 of the FreeBSD handbook. You'll find the english handbook at /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html, but you can also access it via the FreeBSD website:=20 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --Rgf3q3z9SdmXC6oT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQFFvjfiEnfvsMMhpyURAh9OAJ0SYk8rZzl6k5rpnx2h3Xhpzis91QCYpXKJ 9piQZqykFDZ68cbq0CfC+g== =mD3O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Rgf3q3z9SdmXC6oT--
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