Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:45:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexander <amour@amour.ath.cx> To: alexander v p <alex@big-blue.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SIS900 NIC [on board], pay some attention, please ! Message-ID: <20030424214031.S57504-100000@amour.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0304241504070.52934-100000@localhost>
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Yes, I did cvsup then recompiled the kernel (all on some other box) and then placed the kernel on a FAT partition and told the cd to load that kernel but again the same problem. I can't switch any nics, can't disable that SIS900 one. My laptop is pretty much the whole SIS. It's pretty new one (Pentium 4, 2.2ghz). thanks On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, alexander v p wrote: > Hi, > i had the same problem "MII without any PHY" on ASUS motherboard and for > the time i used additional card ( 3com). anyway, after CVSUP to 4.8 that > card is working. did u try to cvsup to latest 4.X code ? > hth, > alex > > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Alexander wrote: > > > Hello there ! > > > > I was writing to freebsd lists some time ago, again asking for some help > > about SIS900 NIC. Then some other people also complained that the sis900 > > driver that comes with FreeBSD 4.x and FreeBSD-CURRENT (later 5.0) doesn't > > actually work at all. So some patches were released and also the drivers > > in -STABLE and -CURRENT were also updated. And guess what, it is still not > > working on my laptop ! I really waited long, looked around for some other > > patches or updates but ... nothing ! There was also some people, > > whose SIS900 NICs were also not working, mailed me asking if I got my NIC > > working. But the answer was, and is "NO" > > > > I'm not mailing the list(s) to tell my story, but to ask someone who is > > interested in auditing the problem and fixing the driver, I'm ready to > > give my whole time for the cause ... > > > > The problem consists of the "MII without any PHY" while probing for > > the SIS900 NIC and then I simply get kernel panic and can't boot > > any further. The only advantage of all the updatings of the sis900 driver was > > that now the it finds the nic's mac, not very helpfull but it's still > > something. > > > > I've described most of the problem at the very nice freebsd hardware > > forum: > > www.freebsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8328 > > > > Thanks, for at least reading the email :) > > > > P.S. If You reply to this email, please include my email address while > > responding. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >
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