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Thread-Topic: kern/134658: [bce] bce driver fails on PowerEdge m610
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Cc: "pyunyh@gmail.com" <pyunyh@gmail.com>,
	"Doug Ambrisko \(ambrisko\)" <ambrisko@cisco.com>,
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Subject: RE: kern/134658: [bce] bce driver fails on PowerEdge m610
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> While trying to debug the same issue I stumbled across this=20
> thread ...  We've got HS22 blades (IBM BladeCenter) which=20
> habe the BCM5709S and suffer from exactly the same problem.
>=20
> Dave, are there any news regarding the PHY implementation?
>=20
> If there's decent documentation I might even give it a try=20
> myself, provided that it's not too complex.  (I've done=20
> hardware programming before, but I've never touched a NIC/PHY=20
> driver, except for very trivial fixes.)
>=20

Pyunh has taken an active interest in this effort and sent out
a patch yesterday, though he doesn't have hardware to test.  I'm
planning on giving his patch a try today to see how close he got
on his first attempt.

Dave