FreeBSD 8.0: can't PXE Boot using nvidia nForce4 network card

[Pyun YongHyeon]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:30:25PM +0100, Olivier Cochard-Labb? wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >> nfe0: MII without any phy!
> > ?^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Maybe this is the reason why you can't use NFS.
> > If your BIOS has an option that disables management feature
> > of ethernet controller try toggle the feature.
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've disabled the "POST Check LAN Cable" in the BIOS: But still the
> same "MII without any phy!" message.
> 

Ok, it seems Linux forcedeth driver seems to poke NFE_STATUS
register before accessing PHY. I'm not sure whether this code could
be related with the issue but would you try attached patch?

> Regards,
> 
> Olivier
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