Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:38:55 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Mark E Larson <markl@agis.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: intel 100b warning message Message-ID: <199703260538.VAA10060@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Mar 1997 20:26:50 EST." <3.0.32.19970325202649.00b05320@agisgate.agis.net>
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>Ok, I have FreeBSD 2.2.1 running with 2 Intel 100B cards. They seem to be >running good. Hmmm...didn't you just say that two cards didn't work? Or are you saying that it works in the newer version of FreeBSD? > However I get a warning message on boot up for both cards. > >/kernel: fxp0: warning: unsupported PHY, type=1, addr=1 > >and of course the same message for fxp1 > >Just need to know what this is, and if it will hose me down when in >production. It's a new message I added to tell me when people had unusual cards where the PHY (The PHYsical layer chip) is not a National DP83840. In this case, the card should still work, but it might not work in full duplex mode and you won't be able to force 10/100 or half/full (which requires PHY diddling). "type=1" above tells me that the PHY is an 82553 (made by Intel). I didn't know that Intel made any Pro/100B's with that (all of the ones I have here have National DP83840's). Can you tell me about how old the card is? -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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