Subject: Re: bge:
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Bob Lee <bob@bobleeit.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/15/2006 19:08:03
I am a bit hesitant to post this, but I had a handful of boxes that
used the Broadcom chip on two ethernet ports. What RedHat "saw" as
ethernet0, g4u saw as ethernet1. I switched the cable to the other
port and everything worked fine.
Bob
Quoting Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>:
>
> I have a user who's trying to use g4u on a new Dell Latitude D820
> which comes with a Broadcom Ethernet controller.
> He's getting these lines when using the command dmesg:
>
> bge0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0: Broadcom BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet
> bge0: interrupting at irq 5
> bge0: firmware handshake timed out, val = 0
> bge0: RX CPU self-diagnostics failed!
> bge0: chip initialization failed
>
> Is there a workaround for these kind of issues?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> - Hubert
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