From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 2 19:21:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6270B37B401 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 19:21:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tomts11-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts11.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8114F43E4A for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 19:21:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from xena.gsicomp.on.ca ([65.95.176.54]) by tomts11-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19 201-253-122-122-119-20020516) with ESMTP id <20021003022145.BRWM23451.tomts11-srv.bellnexxia.net@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 22:21:45 -0400 Received: from hermes (hermes.gsicomp.on.ca [192.168.0.18]) by xena.gsicomp.on.ca (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id g9311kp12007; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 21:01:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Message-ID: <00f201c26a83$9eaa5be0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matthew Emmerton" To: , "Jim Rowan" Cc: "Guido Van Hoecke" References: <5B4CA406-D61A-11D6-96EB-003065A913C6@computing.com> Subject: Re: sis900 : sis0 attach returned 6 Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 22:21:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > From: "Matthew Emmerton" > > Subject: Re: sis900: sis0 attach returned 6 > > > > Guido, > > > > I did some more digging and it appears the bigger problem is that the > > RTL8201 external PHY isn't supported (yet) in FreeBSD. Patches to support > > this PHY, along with reports of successful testing in numerous > > configurations, are reported in PR kern/30836 (and kern/35691). > > > > This PR has been sitting in GNATS since March - does anyone want to step > > and > > commit it? It seems that this chipset is frequently used on motherboards > > with embedded ethernet, so it would be nice to have this supported RSN. > > It works for me... is the RTL8201L different? > > This happens to be on 4.7 RC2, but it has worked since 4.6, or shortly > thereafter, if I recall correctly. (This machine also has a realtek card > in it...) > > > sis0: port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xcfffc000-0xcfffcfff > irq 12 > at device 3.0 on pci0 > sis0: Ethernet address: 00:d0:09:de:34:ee > miibus0: on sis0 > rlphy0: on miibus0 > rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > rl0: port 0xcc00-0xccff mem > 0xcfffbf00-0xcfffbfff ir > q 15 at device 11.0 on pci0 > rl0: Ethernet address: 00:50:bf:77:6f:44 > miibus1: on rl0 > rlphy1: on miibus1 > rlphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > Jim Rowan > jmr@computing.com It looks like the 8201L PHY was first supported in 4.6-RELEASE, but the PR wasn't updated to reflect this. Guido, if possible, could you try with 4.6.2-RELEASE and see if your card gets detected? -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message