Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:25:22 +0900 From: Shigeaki Tagashira <shigeaki@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Brian Smith <brian@dbsoft.org> Subject: Re: if_nfe on nVidia chipset Message-ID: <45D256F2.4040702@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: <B5CDCFF1-8FA3-4489-A6DB-C3E3837788AF@pingpong.net> References: 458956C6.6080004@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp <45CBCB98.8010607@dbsoft.org> <B5CDCFF1-8FA3-4489-A6DB-C3E3837788AF@pingpong.net>
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Hello, Please try to use generic PHY driver (ukphy) instead of e1000phy; i.e., use nfe without the patch for e1000phy. Regards, --- Shigeaki Tagashira Palle Girgensohn wrote: > Here's a problematic machine: > > nfe0@pci0:8:0: class=0x068000 card=0xcb8410de chip=0x037310de rev=0xa2 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > class = bridge > nfe1@pci0:9:0: class=0x068000 card=0xcb8410de chip=0x037310de rev=0xa2 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > class = bridge > > > > Just the other day, on a machine running amd64, I got it working with > no problems: > > nfe0@pci0:8:0: class=0x068000 card=0x82391043 chip=0x037310de rev=0xa2 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > class = bridge > nfe1@pci0:9:0: class=0x068000 card=0x82391043 chip=0x037310de rev=0xa2 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > class = bridge > > Both run FreeBSD-6.2 release with the patches added. Same motherboards, > m2n sli-deluxe. So, might it have something to do with i386 vs. amd64? > For me, it works with amd64, and not with i386 (on at least two > machines). It is detected properly on all machines, but the network > does not work. > > > Regards, > Palle > > > 9 feb 2007 kl. 02.17 skrev Brian Smith: > >> Hi Palle, >> >> I am having the same issue. I just installed FreeBSD 7.0 snapshot >> from January to see if that helps because the latest patch requires >> FreeBSD 6.2 and I had been running 6.1. But still getting (none) for >> the media type, but everything else *looks* like it is working. >> However nothing responds. Can you run pciconf -l -v and compare it to >> my IDs? >> >> nfe0@pci0:16:0: class=0x068000 card=0xcb8410de chip=0x037310de >> rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00 >> vendor = 'Nvidia Corp' >> device = 'MCP55 Ethernet' >> class = bridge >> nfe1@pci0:17:0: class=0x068000 card=0xcb8410de chip=0x037310de >> rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00 >> vendor = 'Nvidia Corp' >> device = 'MCP55 Ethernet' >> class = bridge >> >> Thanks, >> Brian Smith >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Sorry, there's no change, it still acts the same way. >>> >>> media: Ethernet autoselect (none) >>> status: active >>> >>> and the network does not work. No mediaopts work. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Palle >>>
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