Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 08:29:08 -0600 From: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_fxp status? Message-ID: <200103081429.f28ET8214009@guild.plethora.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Mar 2001 10:58:29 %2B0100." <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7C92@l04.research.kpn.com>
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In message <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7C92@l04.research.kpn.com>, "Ko ster, K.J." writes: >What does the message "unsupported PHY" mean? There's this gizmo that handles the actual physical network connection; it's called a PHY. It must be very expensive to make, and very cheap to design, because ethernet card vendors go through them in bundles. :) >How would one go about tracking down the properties of the PHY? One would be a large commercial organization capable of signing an NDA. :) >How does Linux/NetBSD/OpenBSD/Windows/Solaris solve this? I can't speak for all of the others; NetBSD may or may not have the PHY in question working. Can someone tell me exactly what it is? I can't leak source (probably), but I might be able to confirm whether or not BSD/OS has it working - and if not, I can ask the guy who does our driver about it, and he may be able to get docs. What PHY exactly is this? When was it first introduced? I can tell you that BSDi support isn't getting a whole lot of requests about it, so I *suspect* it's supported. -s To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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