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To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
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Subject: Re: yet another unsupported PHY in fxp driver 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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>>    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?

   It indicates that something is wrong with the SEEPROM. Is it a SuperMicro
motherboard? If so, they changed the layout in the SEEPROM.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org
President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com
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