Subject: Re: adding support for new PHY?
To: Johan A.van Zanten <johan@giantfoo.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/28/2007 20:54:09
Johan A. van Zanten <johan@giantfoo.org> writes:
>  I built a new kernel with:
>
>      rgephy* at mii? phy ?
>  And it is recognized during the boot:
>
> re0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: RealTek 8169S Single-chip Gigabit Ethernet
> re0: interrupting at dec 6600 irq 35
> re0: Ethernet address 00:e0:4c:77:79:80
> re0: using 512 tx descriptors
> rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S 1000BASE-T media interface, rev. 0
>
>  But i can't get it to work (via 'ifconfig re0 media 100baseTX mediaopt
> full-duplex' for example) with the switch at anything other than 10baseT.

Generally speaking, gig e switches demand that you autonegotiate. Try
it again with autonegotiation instead of nailing it.

Perry