Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:59:34 +0100 From: craig <craig.freebsd@online.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: if_sk : the weirdest thing! Message-ID: <42016966.1000702@online.de>
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my machine has a hdd swap-rack which allows me to boot different os's
off different physical drives. (ie. pull-out xp, and plug in fbsd).
i recently purchased another hdd+tray to install gentoo on, just to see
what the fuss is about.
i booted off the 2004.3 minimal install cd but it did not,
unfortuanately, automatically find my realtek gigabit nic.
i suspected it might not, because i had a hell of time getting it to
work on fbsd aswell - requiring a patched if_sk driver to get it going.
after a bit of digging, i found that i could
# modprobe sk98lin
to get the kernel happy with the nic. once up, it worked like a charm.
it got late and i needed to finish up some work on fbsd, so i pulled the
gentoo drive out, plugged fbsd back in and booted up.
when it came up, i found that i was without a network!
# dmesg | grep sk
said something about (IIRC)
(blah)
skc0: no PHY found
# ifconfig
confirmed that there was no net
when i tried to manually
# kldload if_sk
freebsd panic'ed and died right there!
i rebooted a few times (a trick i learnt from ms) but still it would not
come back. even powering the machine completely down did not help!!!
so i plugged in the winxp drive and booted. it came up fine, network in
good working order.
i booted fbsd again and the network came up this time without a complaint!
AND I CAN REPLICATE THIS MADNESS!
boot fbsd
- check network = all okay
boot gentoo livecd
- load sk98lin
- check network = all okay
boot fbsd
- check network = notwork!
(remedy)
boot wxp
- check network = all okay
boot fbsd
- check network = all okay
wtf???
i understand that my GF would be upset if i played around with other
girls, but does my OS have to be *so damn jealous*????
any ideas whats on here?
--
craig@small-pla.net
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