Applying short cable fix (reg=ee)

[Fabian Keil]

Thiago Esteves <thiago_est at yahoo.com.br> wrote:

> Hi, I'm from Brazil. My ethernet interface is a "sis".  During boot
> it sends the message: 
>    
>                sis0: Applying short cable fix (reg=ee)
>    
>    
>   What's it ?   Help me ! 

Excerpt from /usr/src/sys/pci/if_sis.c:
/*
 * Some DP83815s experience problems when used with short
 * (< 30m/100ft) Ethernet cables in 100BaseTX mode. This
 * sequence adjusts the DSP's signal attenuation to fix the
 * problem.
 */

Fabian
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