From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 29 06:12:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5152616A4FC for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 06:12:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@scienceclue.ath.cx) Received: from scienceclue.ath.cx (mic92-1-87-90-12-116.dsl.club-internet.fr [87.90.12.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78B7843D53 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 06:12:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@scienceclue.ath.cx) Received: from scienceclue.ath.cx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scienceclue.ath.cx (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4T6DdKe000679; Mon, 29 May 2006 08:13:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from root@scienceclue.ath.cx) Received: (from root@localhost) by scienceclue.ath.cx (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k4T6DXvQ000678; Mon, 29 May 2006 08:13:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from root) Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 08:13:33 +0200 From: Mathieu Prevot To: Shigeaki Tagashira Message-ID: <20060529061333.GA635@scienceclue.ath.cx> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1610.210.250.105.90.1147194909.squirrel@www.se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD nfe driver for NVIDIA nForce network adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mathieu Prevot List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 06:12:38 -0000 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