On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 02:28:42PM -0500, Daniel Lamblin wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > > OUI 0x000000 model 0x0000 rev 0 at ex0 phy 24 not configured
> > > Oh, I never noticed that; Whats an OUI and should it be configured?
> >
> > This is the PHY, the chip that interface the core ethernet with the
> > physical media.
> > Yes, you need a driver for it; just enable all the phy at mii in the
> > kernel config, and see which one is attached.
> 
> But seeing as the network device works anyways, what can I expect to gain
> by configuring the phys at mii?

At last you can manage the media settings via ifconfig
For some PHY, the media won't come up properly without the driver.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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