Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:20:08 GMT From: W Forms <wforms@safe-mail.net> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/112710: [re] if_re driver detects incorrect b243a405a405 MAC address on SMC9452TX-1 pci gigabit cards Message-ID: <200706292020.l5TKK8aL041447@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/112710; it has been noted by GNATS. From: W Forms <wforms@safe-mail.net> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: kern/112710: [re] if_re driver detects incorrect b243a405a405 MAC address on SMC9452TX-1 pci gigabit cards Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:16:23 +0200 Today I run a test using the "NetBSD Live! 2007" live-CD, which is apparently based on NetBSD 4.0 BETA. NetBSD also uses the re driver for these cards. Upon boot all the "5 bad cards" are detected as RealTek 8169SB gigabit adapters and believe or not, each and every single adapter uses its own correct MAC address. SO whatever the problem is in the FreeBSD and OpenBSD re driver, the NetBSD guys have already solved it. Or, they didn't scew it up in the first place! :-) Either way, it might be worthwile talking to them about this defect or having a thorough look at their re driver code (or the code of any related networking module). I also run a test with a Gentoo Linux Live CD which also uses the correct MAC addresses. Unfortunately this is where my abilities stop. Somebody, Please! You don't have to reinvent the solution, NetBSD already/still has the answer. Regards, Keve
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