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Date:      Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:07:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bad em NIC or new unrecognized NIC ?
Message-ID:  <20040226180719.T54635@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20040226131930.10513908@209.112.4.2>
References:  <6.0.3.0.0.20040226131930.10513908@209.112.4.2>

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On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Mike Tancsa wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> One of the EM nics we just got in comes up with
>
> em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.19> port
> 0x9000-0x903f mem 0xe8700000-0xe871ffff,0xe86e0000-0xe86fffff irq 5 at
> device 0.0 on pci1
> em0: The EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid
> em0: Unable to initialize the hardware
> device_probe_and_attach: em0 attach returned 5
>
> when booting. Is this just a dud or just not recognized ?

Last time I saw this, it was because there was a new rev of the silicon.
If its an onboard, check for a new BIOS for your system.

>
> none0@pci1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x11138086 chip=0x10768086 rev=0x00
> hdr=0x00
>      vendor   = 'Intel Corporation'
>      class    = network
>      subclass = ethernet
>
> 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #1: Thu Jan  8 14:19:25 EST 2004
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