At 02:45 PM 10/13/2000, David Greenman wrote:
> >> The primary problems that have resulted in the "unsupported PHY"
> messages
> >>in the past year or so have been related to either the format or size
> of the
> >>SEEPROM changing. Using generic MII code doesn't fix the problem; the fxp's
> >>would still not work due to the MAC address being wrong, among other
> things,
> >>which is also read from the SEEPROM.
> >> This said, I think it is generally the right approach to use a generic
> >>MII PHY software interface and at some point the driver will likely be
> updated
> >>for that. It is low priority, however, since it doesn't solve any problems.
> >
> >Do you have any info on the "version 8" 82559 part (I assume you have
> >access to docs online or otherwise)? New MBs that we just got in have this
> >part and the messages have resurfaced.
> >
> >If you could point me at what to look for I'll try and tackle it and
> >forward the info to you. without docs its a futile effort.
>
> I'm sure it's just like all the other 82559 parts, with perhaps some new
>features that we won't take advantage of (due to not having the
>documentation).
>If there is something useful indicated in the 'unsupported PHY" message that
>you mentioned (a type, for example), then it could easily be added. The 82559
>has an integrated 82555 PHY, so I really doubt there is actually a new PHY
>to deal with.
nope, type 0, addr 0. does this indicate (perhaps) another size change?
Dennis
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