Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 08:03:52 +0200 From: Milan Obuch <freebsd-net@dino.sk> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, pyunyh@gmail.com Subject: Re: MSI Wind Notebook's network interfaces Message-ID: <200809060803.53293.freebsd-net@dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <20080906004627.GA69867@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <200809050945.09276.freebsd-net@dino.sk> <200809051643.52950.freebsd-net@dino.sk> <20080906004627.GA69867@cdnetworks.co.kr>
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On Saturday 06 September 2008 02:46:27 Pyun YongHyeon wrote: [ snip ] > > > > When not booting verbose, there is also one line telling > > > > re0: turning off MSI enable bit. > > > > > > re(4) cleared MSI enable bit of configuration register as MSI > > > wouldn't be used. You can ignore this. > > > > OK, but what surprised me a bit was the fact this line is not present in > > dmesg when booting verbose. I would expect all lines from normal boot in > > verbose boot... > > That MSI information is stored in EEPROM. So you wouldn't see the > message again if MSI enable bit was already cleard. Since re(4) > clears the bit subsequent booting wouldn't touch the MSI enable bit > in EEPROM. > Now that's clear to me. [ snip ] > > > > If anybody had some idea how to fix MAC address initialization for > > > > wired > > > > > > Would you try attached patch? > > > > I tried on freshly csup'ped head and it works. Ethernet link address is > > now correctly set. Great! It looks like a kind of magic at first glance > > :) > > I've commited the patch to HEAD(r182808). > > Thanks for your testing! It was my pleasure and I would like to express my thanks for your great work. If you will need in future some more testing with this hardware, just drop me a line. Just a side note, will this patch be MFS'ed into 7-STABLE in short timeframe? Regards, Milan
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