Re: re(4) link detection broken?

["Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost>]

On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 02:56:22PM +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have two re(4) ports on my abit motherboard, both not connected.
> For sometime now, the physical link detection has been broken.
> 
> Here's the dmesg output:
> re0 at pci7 dev 0 function 0: RealTek 8169SC/8110SC Single-chip
> Gigabit Ethernet (rev. 0x10)
> re0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 23
> re0: Ethernet address 00:50:8d:bb:da:f8
> re0: using 256 tx descriptors
> re0: PHY read failed
> ifmedia_set: no match for 0x20/0xfffffff
> re1 at pci7 dev 1 function 0: RealTek 8169SC/8110SC Single-chip
> Gigabit Ethernet (rev. 0x10)
> re1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 22
> re1: Ethernet address 00:50:8d:bb:da:f9
> re1: using 256 tx descriptors
> re1: PHY read failed
> ifmedia_set: no match for 0x20/0xfffffff
> 
> Any help?

We need to figure out why a phy driver isn't attaching.
(The phy driver is responsible for media status/detection.)

        Jonathan Kollasch