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

[Olivier Cochard-Labbé]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>

Allready a patch to try! Thanks for your reactivity!

The patch was applyed successfully and new kernel compiled/installed
without problem but same error message:

FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #4: Mon Dec 28 23:48:36 CET 2009
    root at debugger.bsdrp.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
(...)
nfe0: <NVIDIA nForce4 CK804 MCP8 Networking Adapter> irq 21 at device
10.0 on pci0
nfe0: Lazy allocation of 0x1000000 bytes rid 0x10 type 3 at 0x81000000
nfe0: Reserved 0x1000000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0x81000000
nfe0: MII without any phy!
device_attach: nfe0 attach returned 6
(...)
Trying to mount root from nfs:10.0.0.1:/usr/tftpboot
nfs_diskless: no interface
ROOT MOUNT ERROR:
(...)

Regards,

Olivier