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Date:      Sun, 13 May 2001 21:27:00 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>
To:        Dan Kogai <dankogai@dan.co.jp>
Cc:        Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: fxp under miibus does not work for non-miibus fxp!
Message-ID:  <3AFF5E94.CF722691@DougBarton.net>
References:  <B7255C73.29D02%dankogai@dan.co.jp>

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Dan Kogai wrote:

>   Maybe the move was a little bit too premature.
>   I just tried the new kernel (4.x-stable) with fxp on miibus and it failed
> for a genuine, pci, non-miibus fxp!

	I think you have some misunderstandings. 

>   Strange thing is that it pings itself fine but it never pings out.
> 
>   What I found out was that old config file works even with new sources.
> 
> Old config that works
[snippage]
> > # PCI Ethernet NICs.
> > device          fxp             # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
> > device          miibus          # MII bus support

>   While the new configuration with fxp under miibus does not.
> 
> > device          miibus          # MII bus support
> > device          fxp             # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)

It doesn't (or shouldn't) matter which order you have them in. The new fxp
code uses the miibus code either way. I'm sure Jonathan can give you more
details.

Doug

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