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Date:      Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:35:31 -0800
From:      Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        Patrick Ale <patrick.ale@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Attansic L1 Gigabit discovered on install but no link
Message-ID:  <20100216183531.GD1394@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <8d158e1f1002160429m747efaf1h478b6b9cf00b96c@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <8d158e1f1002160429m747efaf1h478b6b9cf00b96c@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 01:29:35PM +0100, Patrick Ale wrote:
> Good afternoon,
> 
> I tried to install FreeBSD 8.0 about 30 minutes ago and during the
> installation I encountered a problem.
> 
> My network card is detected but on DHCP Server discoverage I see that
> no link is detected and that the driver/dhcp discovery process is
> giving up on trying.
> 

I assume you're using age(4).
age(4) is one of driver that still does full re-initialization while
dhclient(8) is running, how about unplugging the UTP cable and
replug it while DHCP is in progress?

> I understoodthat the Attansic L1 Gigabit card's support is sort of
> problematic due to the 'openness' of the documentation but I'd really
> like to know how I can help or what I can do to get this driver
> working on my Acer Aspire 8920 laptop. Buying another NIC for this
> particular thing is not really an option.
> 

There are several variants of L1 so please show me the dmesg
output.

> Any suggestion is welcome, my C programming skills are not really to
> write home about so I am afraid I can't contribute much on that point
> but if you need test dummies or feel like I can help out or if you
> need more information, please let me know.
> 
> 
> Thank you for your time in advance,
> 
> 
> Patrick
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