Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 23:37:00 -0400 From: "Scott Dodson" <sdodson@eagle4.cc.gasou.edu> To: <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: if_dc: ethernet address now reported as 00:00:00:00:00:00 Message-ID: <000b01c2797c$4e489380$c82aa8c0@sdodson> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021021230928.83141Z-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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I have the same problem using a Linksys LNE100TX which uses the dc driver. I also started having problems crashing when using an SMP kernel with the same cvsup. I'm not sure if they're in anyway related. -- scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Watson" <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 11:11 PM Subject: if_dc: ethernet address now reported as 00:00:00:00:00:00 > > I upgraded one of my older boxes with a Linksys ethernet card this > evening, and was a bit surprised to see this in dmesg: > > dc0: <LC82C115 PNIC II 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem > 0xfebfff00-0xfebfffff irq 9 at device 19.0 on pci0 > dc0: Ethernet address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 > miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0 > dcphy0: <Intel 21143 NWAY media interface> on miibus0 > dcphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > This wasn't the case a month or two ago when the box was last upgraded. > I'm going to look into backing out some of the recent commits to if_dc and > see if that helps, but I have to say this result isn't thrilling :-). > Interestingly, IP works, although it's probably making a mess of the CPU > load on the surrounding machines: > > curry:~> arp -a > ... > ? (192.168.11.227) at 00:00:00:00:00:00 on xl0 [ethernet] > > Another problem I've had with this card for years is that it can't > properly negotiation 100mbps, although around 3.0-current, it could. No > time to track that down either. > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects > robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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