From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 18 15:13:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FBAB16A421 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:13:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA5C943D55 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:13:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper [212.12.50.230]) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j7IFDBd0075989; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:13:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: (from cracauer@localhost) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) id j7IFDB9j075988; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:13:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cracauer) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:13:11 -0400 From: Martin Cracauer To: "Andrew P." Message-ID: <20050818111311.A75958@cons.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from infofarmer@gmail.com on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 11:55:04AM +0400 Cc: cracauer@cons.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Driver that works only when module is loaded late, not from loader.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:13:14 -0000 Andrew P. wrote on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 11:55:04AM +0400: > I have the very same issue on the very same hardware > > Abit KV8-Pro motherboard > VIA Velocity Gigabit NIC (built in) > > FreeBSD 5.4/i386 = everything's great > FreeBSD 5.4/amd64 = "MII read timed out", "failed to start MII > autopoll", "MII without any phy!" - and finally a trapped kernel! > FreeBSD 6.0-BETA2/amd64 = "MII read timed out", "failed to start MII > autopoll", "MII without any phy!" - and we go on without a NIC > > I tried to set relevant (IMHO) BIOS options to various alternatives - > without any success BTW, with the Marvell something on the Asus K8V-X it is the other way round, it only works when compiled in. Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ No warranty. This email is probably produced by one of my cats stepping on the keys. No, I don't have an infinite number of cats.