Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 08:54:38 -0500 (EST) From: freebsd@amarand.org To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> Subject: Re: Intel PRO/1000 MT onboard network card problem in FreeBSD 5.2-current Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0402160851240.10245@mail.amarand.org> In-Reply-To: <20040216113703.GA51000@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20040216181316.029c0cf0@202.179.0.80> <6.0.3.0.2.20040216184426.02970990@202.179.0.80> <20040216113703.GA51000@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
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On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Daniel Lang wrote: > Hi, > > Ganbold wrote on Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 06:45:39PM +0800: > [..] > > rl0@pci0:4:0: class=0x020000 card=0x9207103c chip=0x12111113 rev=0x10 > > hdr=0x00 > > vendor = 'Accton Technology Corporation' > > device = 'EN-1207D Fast Ethernet Adapter' > > class = network > > subclass = ethernet > [..] > > This is the only probed Ethernet device and it seems rl driver > has already attached to it. > > I know that DELL servers can be equipped with an em NIC > optionally, maybe this is the case for your second machine. > > You should check the connectors on the back, if there is an > additional TP or SX port (I think the Pro/1000 is SX only). > If your RedHat machine has the SX port, but your other one > doesn't, that would solve the mystery, wouldn't it? Hopefully no one has mentioned this already, but if the network connector is there on the back next to the USB ports, did you ensure that it was enabled in the BIOS? I have a PowerEdge 400SC with the exact same internal Gigabit chipset and, although it was enabled by default on this machine, YMMV. Just something to check if you haven't already.... --Sean
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