Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 09:40:26 -0500 From: Mark E Larson <markl@agis.net> To: dg@root.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: intel 100b warning message Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970326094026.0102bc20@agisgate.agis.net>
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At 09:38 PM 3/25/97 -0800, David Greenman wrote: >>Ok, I have FreeBSD 2.2.1 running with 2 Intel 100B cards. They seem to be >>running good. > > Hmmm...didn't you just say that two cards didn't work? Or are you saying >that it works in the newer version of FreeBSD? > Yea. I got them to work with 2.2.1 but not with 2.1.5 >> However I get a warning message on boot up for both cards. >> >>/kernel: fxp0: warning: unsupported PHY, type=1, addr=1 >> >>and of course the same message for fxp1 >> >>Just need to know what this is, and if it will hose me down when in >>production. > > It's a new message I added to tell me when people had unusual cards where >the PHY (The PHYsical layer chip) is not a National DP83840. In this case, >the card should still work, but it might not work in full duplex mode and you >won't be able to force 10/100 or half/full (which requires PHY diddling). >"type=1" above tells me that the PHY is an 82553 (made by Intel). I didn't >know that Intel made any Pro/100B's with that (all of the ones I have here >have National DP83840's). Can you tell me about how old the card is? > The cards are brand new. Just got them in last week. >-DG > >David Greenman >Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project > > ################################################################### A P E X G L O B A L I N F O R M A T I O N S E R V I C E S ################################################################### Network Operations Center 313-730-5151 noc@agis.net News Administration 313-730-5151 news@agis.net Business Office/Sales 313-730-1130 sales@agis.net Visit our Web Page: http://www.agis.net Network News Information: http://agisgate.agis.net/netnews/netnews.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Don't throw a HSSI...and drop that ethernet!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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