From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 28 18:33:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B080B1065678 for ; Fri, 28 May 2010 18:33:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rysto32@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com (mail-ew0-f209.google.com [209.85.219.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42A1A8FC08 for ; Fri, 28 May 2010 18:33:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy1 with SMTP id 1so402658ewy.13 for ; Fri, 28 May 2010 11:33:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=SG/OBnH5Q4pzsMqo29DJ0kCF7ZgP1Zx6tkCbMZ0RH1I=; b=Vy6d3eyouRKkPKf82ICal9QuaWJRYFg5OzgdhcbyzE+TtCu6+mFY56QwafrvFfnzUq pkkgaMceGvGWGmmZmvrcJyVdENFAHE136V9D3egsd3t/KDs3vLbPP6BYXnyOvwGTbI2B SiTfX6Unw4CwrNtL6qzNlYCinn0rq9veDdQNA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=D/jUVKDhjRVbJqJpsXJJhWM9LSmTtBeOPNO2oUxSj+Azoh7RUmUEBJ62YmKOKmBpMo r2FgkJPllK1cGp6T0k5jHhZlVPyQffJobiSDLTrb+zqDctacfumudDC66JoDfyt/TvSh YyfKSDmyMGJs06ely8s4+2zLVAdvs7BZCEDQ0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.3.66 with SMTP id 2mr355671ebm.32.1275071620093; Fri, 28 May 2010 11:33:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.213.102.20 with HTTP; Fri, 28 May 2010 11:33:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 14:33:40 -0400 Message-ID: From: Ryan Stone To: Jack Vogel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em: "Hardware Initialization Failed" on 8.0-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 18:33:41 -0000 So it seems the problem is buggy hardware that incorrectly reports that is has a copper PHY instead of an internal serdes. For whatever reason this didn't matter to the old driver, but the new driver is tripping over the problem. *sigh*