In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ko
ster, K.J." writes:
>What does the message "unsupported PHY" mean?
There's this gizmo that handles the actual physical network connection; it's
called a PHY. It must be very expensive to make, and very cheap to design,
because ethernet card vendors go through them in bundles. :)
>How would one go about tracking down the properties of the PHY?
One would be a large commercial organization capable of signing an NDA.
:)
>How does Linux/NetBSD/OpenBSD/Windows/Solaris solve this?
I can't speak for all of the others; NetBSD may or may not have the PHY
in question working. Can someone tell me exactly what it is? I can't
leak source (probably), but I might be able to confirm whether or not BSD/OS
has it working - and if not, I can ask the guy who does our driver about
it, and he may be able to get docs.
What PHY exactly is this? When was it first introduced? I can tell you
that BSDi support isn't getting a whole lot of requests about it, so I
*suspect* it's supported.
-s
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