From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Oct 14 10:52: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 993F237B670 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 2000 10:52:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by etinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA03581; Sat, 14 Oct 2000 13:47:21 GMT (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20001014134829.03d0a070@mail.etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@mail.etinc.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 13:51:25 -0400 To: dg@root.com From: Dennis Subject: Re: yet another unsupported PHY in fxp driver Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200010131845.LAA11341@implode.root.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 02:45 PM 10/13/2000, David Greenman wrote: > >> The primary problems that have resulted in the "unsupported PHY" > messages > >>in the past year or so have been related to either the format or size > of the > >>SEEPROM changing. Using generic MII code doesn't fix the problem; the fxp's > >>would still not work due to the MAC address being wrong, among other > things, > >>which is also read from the SEEPROM. > >> This said, I think it is generally the right approach to use a generic > >>MII PHY software interface and at some point the driver will likely be > updated > >>for that. It is low priority, however, since it doesn't solve any problems. > > > >Do you have any info on the "version 8" 82559 part (I assume you have > >access to docs online or otherwise)? New MBs that we just got in have this > >part and the messages have resurfaced. > > > >If you could point me at what to look for I'll try and tackle it and > >forward the info to you. without docs its a futile effort. > > I'm sure it's just like all the other 82559 parts, with perhaps some new >features that we won't take advantage of (due to not having the >documentation). >If there is something useful indicated in the 'unsupported PHY" message that >you mentioned (a type, for example), then it could easily be added. The 82559 >has an integrated 82555 PHY, so I really doubt there is actually a new PHY >to deal with. nope, type 0, addr 0. does this indicate (perhaps) another size change? Dennis Emerging Technologies, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.etinc.com ISA and PCI T1/T3/V35/HSSI Cards for FreeBSD and LINUX Multiport T1 and HSSI/T3 UNIX-based Routers Bandwidth Management Standalone Systems Bandwidth Management software for LINUX and FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message