Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 08:13:33 +0200 From: Mathieu Prevot <freebsd-amd64@club-internet.fr> To: Shigeaki Tagashira <shigeaki@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD nfe driver for NVIDIA nForce network adapter Message-ID: <20060529061333.GA635@scienceclue.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <1610.210.250.105.90.1147194909.squirrel@www.se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> References: <44506B8B.4090605@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> <20060508071835.GA594@scienceclue.ath.cx> <445F13C8.1050402@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> <20060508104039.GA1003@scienceclue.ath.cx> <20060508105611.GA609@scienceclue.ath.cx> <4166.210.250.105.90.1147100275.squirrel@www.se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> <20060508191134.GA642@scienceclue.ath.cx> <445FFEAB.3060206@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> <20060509074423.GA47090@scienceclue.ath.cx> <1610.210.250.105.90.1147194909.squirrel@www.se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp>
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On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:15:09AM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote: > Mathieu Prevot wrote: > > On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:30:03AM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote: > > > >> Mathieu Prevot wrote: > >> > >>> On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 11:57:55PM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote: > >>> > >>>> Mathieu Prevot wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>> The DG834Gv2 still doesn't see the device/MAC address. > >>>>>> > >>>>> I tryed `kldunload if_nfe.ko` and the system freezed (RELENG_6 > >>>>> amd64 SMP). > >>>>> > >>>> The freeze bug of kldunload will be fixed at next version. > >>>> Do you know how does DG834Gv2 get MAC addresses? ARP? > >>>> If it is ARP, I think they cannot communicate each other. > >>>> Is the MAC address valid? > >>>> Because the chipset can configure its MAC address. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> I changed the MAC address and gave the same address as sis's one > >>> (which > >>> should be valid (what is a valid MAC address?) because the sis device's > >>> MAC > >>> address is seen by the DG834Gv2) but it didn't change anything. > >>> > >>> In the reference manual, I found a reference to ARP as general > >>> protocol but it's not said explicitly that the DG834Gv2 use it: > >>> ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/dg834g_ref_manual.pdf > >>> So I guess it's the protocol used. > >>> > >> > >> How is the nve driver for FreeBSD? > >> Have you already tried this? > >> > > > > Yes, it simply doesn't detect the device. > > Are MS-Windows installed on the machine? > If so, how is the driver on MS-Windows? I installed recently NT5.0, and the network device is still not seen by the DG834Gv2. On recent RELENG_6, the if_nfe stopped to work, it worked fine with RELEASE_6_1 and RELENG_6 few days later. I have link up and down alternates and watchdog timeouts... Regards, Mathieu
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