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To: Eddie Fung <efung@it.uq.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.2.2 installation questions 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 12 Jun 1997 17:30:28 +1000."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:58:27 -0700
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>We have upgraded one of our BSD boxes to 2.2.2 recently.  The box is running
>an Intel EtherExpress card.  At boot time, the console reports a warning
>message:
>
>fxp0: warning: unsupported PHY, type = 7, addr = 1
>
>The PHY chip on the card is a 82555.  I am afraid the device driver is
>looking for a 83840.

   Yes.

>  Does nayone know whether this would cause any problem.
>The machine is our gateway.  

   Full duplex operation won't work, but otherwise the interface will work
fine.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project