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Date:      Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:28:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
Cc:        Jack F Vogel <jfv@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r190872 - head/sys/dev/e1000
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.1.00.0904131127240.31996@niwun.pair.com>
In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0904122238g86295c5v24a1ab96b37136bd@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <200904100005.n3A05lIu025175@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904130003560.89405@odysseus.silby.com> <2a41acea0904122238g86295c5v24a1ab96b37136bd@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, 12 Apr 2009, Jack Vogel wrote:

> There is quite a bit of shared code changes to support alternate mac
> addressing, if
> you look at the diffs you'll notice in attach I inserted a reset, and then
> also moved
> where hardware init is called, this is because the shared code now requires
> RAR(0)
> to have a valid address in it when it does setup, reset causes that, but
> init_hardware
> will zero the RAR array out.
>
> I have no idea what your environment is, but it sounds like it may be
> related.
>
> If you have a driver that works, you could try taking the new if_em.* and
> drop
> them in, see if that solves it. But right now my guess is this issue is in
> the shared
> code and not the core.
>
> Let me know what you find,
>
> Jack

Ok, I will try to help narrow it down.  I saved a working kernel (from 4 
days ago), so I can reboot with that one when I need network connectivity.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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