The following reply was made to PR kern/112654; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marius Strobl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Nagy Keve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc:
Subject: Re: kern/112654: [pcn] Kernel panic upon if_pcn module load on a
Netfinity 5000
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:37:55 +0100
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 08:10:02AM +0000, Nagy Keve wrote:
>
> An important update is that my earlier conclusion regarding the patch was f=
> lawed.
> The patch DOES WORK on RELENG_6, it gets rid of the kernel panic upon loadi=
> ng the module and it DOES FIND the appropriate cable media connected. I a=
> m still unable to explain what caused the "no carrier" issue during my ea=
> rlier attempts with this patch.
That probably was because of nsphy(4) not being the correct driver
in order to determine the link status of this PHY.
> So the concept is proved, this could be a proper fix if we can get the pcn =
> driver to use ns_phy instead of uk_phy. With the current patch both ns_ph=
> y and uk_phy shows up in dmesg, and I would rather see ns_phy only.
>
Could you please give a kernel built with the patch at:
http://people.freebsd.org/~marius/nsphyter.diff
or for RELENG_6:
http://people.freebsd.org/~marius/nsphyter.diff_RELENG_6
instead of the patch for nsphy(4) a try?
Marius
_______________________________________________
[email protected] mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
