Problem with Intel(R) PRO/1000 card initialization

[Pertti Kosunen]

Android Andrew wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I have a problem with Intel(R) PRO/1000 card (Intel 82540) - it does 
> not  initialize properly during boot process.
>
> I've got these error messages in /var/log/messages:
> ...
> Dec 16 19:27:36 zahrouer kernel: pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib2
> Dec 16 19:27:36 zahrouer kernel: em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network 
> Connection, Version - 1.7.35> port 0xb000-0xb03f mem 
> 0xe2000000-0xe201ffff i
> rq 21 at device 5.0 on pci2
> Dec 16 19:27:36 zahrouer kernel: em0: The EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid
> Dec 16 19:27:36 zahrouer kernel: em0: Unable to initialize the hardware
> Dec 16 19:27:36 zahrouer kernel: device_attach: em0 attach returned 5
> ...
>
> My system is "5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #0: Thu Dec 16 15:10:36 
> CET 2004  i386"
> Motherboard is with i845 chipset.
>
> My kernel configuration file does not contain "device cbb".
> I've tried to disable ACPI option in BIOS, but it does not solve this 
> problem. 

How about also disabling ACPI from /boot/device.hints?

(hint.acpi.0.disabled="1")