FreeBSD nfe driver for NVIDIA nForce network adapter

[Mathieu Prevot]

On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:15:09AM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote:
> Mathieu Prevot wrote:
> > On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:30:03AM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote:
> >
> >> Mathieu Prevot wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 11:57:55PM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Mathieu Prevot wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>> The DG834Gv2 still doesn't see the device/MAC address.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> I tryed `kldunload if_nfe.ko` and the system freezed (RELENG_6
> >>>>> amd64 SMP).
> >>>>>
> >>>> The freeze bug of kldunload will be fixed at next version.
> >>>> Do you know how does DG834Gv2 get MAC addresses? ARP?
> >>>> If it is ARP, I think they cannot communicate each other.
> >>>> Is the MAC address valid?
> >>>> Because the chipset can configure its MAC address.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I changed the MAC address and gave the same address as sis's one
> >>> (which
> >>> should be valid (what is a valid MAC address?) because the sis device's
> >>> MAC
> >>> address is seen by the DG834Gv2) but it didn't change anything.
> >>>
> >>> In the reference manual, I found a reference to ARP as general
> >>> protocol but it's not said explicitly that the DG834Gv2 use it:
> >>> ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/dg834g_ref_manual.pdf
> >>> So I guess it's the protocol used.
> >>>
> >>
> >> How is the nve driver for FreeBSD?
> >> Have you already tried this?
> >>
> >
> > Yes, it simply doesn't detect the device.
> 
> Are MS-Windows installed on the machine?
> If so, how is the driver on MS-Windows?

I installed recently NT5.0, and the network device is still not seen by the
DG834Gv2.
On recent RELENG_6, the if_nfe stopped to work, it worked fine with RELEASE_6_1
and RELENG_6 few days later. I have link up and down alternates and watchdog
timeouts...

Regards,
Mathieu