> > From: "Matthew Emmerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: sis900: sis0 attach returned 6 > > > > Guido, > > > > I did some more digging and it appears the bigger problem is that the > > RTL8201 external PHY isn't supported (yet) in FreeBSD. Patches to support > > this PHY, along with reports of successful testing in numerous > > configurations, are reported in PR kern/30836 (and kern/35691). > > > > This PR has been sitting in GNATS since March - does anyone want to step > > and > > commit it? It seems that this chipset is frequently used on motherboards > > with embedded ethernet, so it would be nice to have this supported RSN. > > It works for me... is the RTL8201L different? > > This happens to be on 4.7 RC2, but it has worked since 4.6, or shortly > thereafter, if I recall correctly. (This machine also has a realtek card > in it...) > > > sis0: <SiS 900 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xcfffc000-0xcfffcfff > irq 12 > at device 3.0 on pci0 > sis0: Ethernet address: 00:d0:09:de:34:ee > miibus0: <MII bus> on sis0 > rlphy0: <RTL8201L 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 > rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0xcc00-0xccff mem > 0xcfffbf00-0xcfffbfff ir > q 15 at device 11.0 on pci0 > rl0: Ethernet address: 00:50:bf:77:6f:44 > miibus1: <MII bus> on rl0 > rlphy1: <RealTek internal media interface> on miibus1 > rlphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > Jim Rowan > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It looks like the 8201L PHY was first supported in 4.6-RELEASE, but the PR wasn't updated to reflect this. Guido, if possible, could you try with 4.6.2-RELEASE and see if your card gets detected? -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
