mge, mii/e1000phy

[Grzegorz Bernacki]

>> From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh at gmail.com>
>> Date: 23 września 2009 01:53:50 CEST
>> To: Kristof Provost <kristof at sigsegv.be>
>> Cc: current at freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: mge, mii/e1000phy
>> Reply-To: pyunyh at gmail.com
>>
>>> - Forcing the mge driver to IFM_100_TX (in mge_set_port_serial_control)
>>>   does work. The system manages to acquire a DHCP address.
>>
>> Would you also show me the output of "ifconfig -m mge0"?
>>
>> I'm not author of mge(4) so I'm not familiar with mge(4). But it
>> seems that mge(4) lacks link state change handler. Normally NICs
>> are required to reprogram MAC to match resolved speed/duplex/
>> flow-control of link when it know it established a valid link which
>> is notified from mii(4).
> 

Hi,

You are right. Link state change handler is missing in mge(4) driver. It 
is on our TODO list for this driver and will be implemented soon.

grzesiek