From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 4 11:54:01 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7993A16A417 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:54:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from varga@stonehenge.sk) Received: from otana.stonehenge.sk (otana.stonehenge.sk [82.208.39.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BCCE913C467 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:54:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from varga@stonehenge.sk) Received: (qmail 50178 invoked from network); 4 Sep 2007 11:53:51 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on otana.stonehenge.sk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_PBL shortcircuit=no autolearn=disabled version=3.2.3 Received: from r6cb57.net.upc.cz (HELO ?10.0.100.2?) (secure@89.176.79.57) by otana.stonehenge.sk with SMTP; 4 Sep 2007 11:53:51 -0000 From: Michal Varga To: Mario Ferreira In-Reply-To: <20070903003925.GA8166@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <683701cf0708310509l40c14a78te54e6608c2f7d9ed@mail.gmail.com> <683701cf0708311058l5e80198fr432abb06d8128924@mail.gmail.com> <20070903003925.GA8166@cdnetworks.co.kr> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Stonehenge Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:53:51 +0200 Message-Id: <1188906831.54484.40.camel@xenon.stonehenge.sk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: pyunyh@gmail.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nfe(4) not working on asus m2n32sli-deluxe X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:54:01 -0000 On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 09:39 +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:58:54PM -0300, Mario Ferreira wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I tried installing FreeBSD 7.0-Current 200708 i386 snapshot on a > > asus m2n32sli-deluxe wifi edition but I had some issues: > > > > 1) on board wlan adapter RTL8187_Wireless not supported > > 2) on board lan adapter NForce 590 SLI MCP does not work > > > > The lack of support for RTL8187_Wireless is not a problem for now. > > However, the NForce 590 SLI MCP Gigabit adapter is an issue. > > > > The nfe(4) driver detects the network carrier but it never ever > > detects the media settings. I tried hand setting media/mediaopt but it > > did not help. > > > > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > > status: active > > > > Any suggestions? Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. > > Sorry for indirect quotation, I didn't catch the original mail and don't want to break the thread now. Anyway, to Mario's problem with nfe: What I see in your log looks very similiar to what I experienced with my wife's m2n32-sli-deluxe, this most craptacular piece of hardware I've seen in years (and the nfe is probably the best working part there). There is a (I think widely known, at least I've seen it discussed a few times somewhere) problem with nfe initialization under FreeBSD when you reboot from Windows, as far as I remember the symptoms are exactly the same as yours. So, if by any chance you were running Windows somewhere around the same time as FreeBSD, here is your solution: Give it another try, but start the computer right into FreeBSD from the first power-on. Not even cold reboot fixes this, so power down your PSU (feel free to tear the power cord off the wall if you're desperate), wait for a few minutes *without power*, then start your PSU, boot into FreeBSD, tada, nfe will miraculously work as it should. Pure magic. m. -- Michal Varga Stonehenge