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To: Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk>
Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Onboard Intel fxp network chip, unknown PHY 17 type 2 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 Mar 2000 19:26:49 GMT."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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>> > However, it reports PHY Unknown type 17 addr 2.
>
>> Mike wrote:
>> This is just a diagnostic message; the interface ought to work 
>> regardless.  Have you tried it?
>
>Oops.
>
>It works.
>I can ping the machine next to me.
>
>Pass me the pointy hat.

   Actually, it doesn't completely work. Full-duplex won't work for example,
since the driver has to know the PHY type in order to set the proper mode.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org
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