nfe(4) not working on asus m2n32sli-deluxe
Michal Varga
varga at stonehenge.sk
Tue Sep 4 04:54:01 PDT 2007
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 09:39 +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:58:54PM -0300, Mario Ferreira wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I tried installing FreeBSD 7.0-Current 200708 i386 snapshot on a
> > asus m2n32sli-deluxe wifi edition but I had some issues:
> >
> > 1) on board wlan adapter RTL8187_Wireless not supported
> > 2) on board lan adapter NForce 590 SLI MCP does not work
> >
> > The lack of support for RTL8187_Wireless is not a problem for now.
> > However, the NForce 590 SLI MCP Gigabit adapter is an issue.
> >
> > The nfe(4) driver detects the network carrier but it never ever
> > detects the media settings. I tried hand setting media/mediaopt but it
> > did not help.
> >
> > media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
> > status: active
> >
> > Any suggestions? Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
> >
Sorry for indirect quotation, I didn't catch the original mail and don't
want to break the thread now. Anyway, to Mario's problem with nfe:
What I see in your log looks very similiar to what I experienced with my
wife's m2n32-sli-deluxe, this most craptacular piece of hardware I've
seen in years (and the nfe is probably the best working part there).
There is a (I think widely known, at least I've seen it discussed a few
times somewhere) problem with nfe initialization under FreeBSD when you
reboot from Windows, as far as I remember the symptoms are exactly the
same as yours.
So, if by any chance you were running Windows somewhere around the same
time as FreeBSD, here is your solution: Give it another try, but start
the computer right into FreeBSD from the first power-on. Not even cold
reboot fixes this, so power down your PSU (feel free to tear the power
cord off the wall if you're desperate), wait for a few minutes *without
power*, then start your PSU, boot into FreeBSD, tada, nfe will
miraculously work as it should. Pure magic.
m.
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Michal Varga <varga at stonehenge.sk>
Stonehenge
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