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Date:      Wed, 09 Oct 2002 16:42:33 -0400
From:      Tim Gardner <tgardner@codeHorse.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Jeays <jeays@statcan.ca>
Subject:   Re: ASUS P4S533 on-board LAN
Message-ID:  <p05111b09b9ca426c6539@[192.168.1.4]>
In-Reply-To: <3DA48F47.C3EAF871@statcan.ca>
References:  <3DA48F47.C3EAF871@statcan.ca>

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Mike,

>I recently bought a machine with an ASUS P4S533 motherboard,
>and FreeBSD 4.6 does not see the on-board LAN connection at
>boot-up time.  (Yes, it is enabled in the BIOS.)
>
>Must I buy a separate LAN card, or is there a way to get the
>on board connection to work?

I recently installed 4.6.2 on a p4b533-v.  This has the Intel 82562ET 
PHY chip; I'm not sure about the P4S533, but perhaps it is the same. 
I installed bsd without the LAN, and then had to compile the kernel 
with fxp.  That still wasn't enough: I needed a patch.

Here is the link that saved the day:

    http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/145/2002/6/50/9058043/

And here is the patch:

>Add an entry to sys/dev/fxp/if_fxp.c to catch the new chipset.
>
>--- if_fxp.c    Sat Jun 29 03:07:03 2002
>+++ if_fxp.c-patched    Sat Jun 29 03:06:43 2002
>@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
>      { 0x1037,          "Intel Pro/100 Ethernet" },
>      { 0x1038,          "Intel Pro/100 Ethernet" },
>      { 0x1039,          "Intel Pro/100 Ethernet" },
>+    { 0x103A,          "Intel Pro/100 Ethernet" },
>      { 0,               NULL },
>  };
>

Recompiled the kernel and rebooted.
Then /stand/sysinstall at some point to configure the fxp with my ip's.
Rebooted with a cable plugged in and it found the connection!

Tim



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