Subject: Re: kern/31303: wm(4) driver doesn't detect/attach to a fiber phy
To: None <gnats-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/12/2005 09:36:20
On Sep 12, 2005, at 9:31 AM, dheeraj@ece.gatech.edu wrote:
> wm2 at pci3 dev 8 function 0: Intel i82542 1000BASE-X Ethernet, rev. 3
> wm2: interrupting at irq 9
> wm2: 64 word (6 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
> wm2: Ethernet address 00:d0:b7:45:7b:47
> wm2: 1000baseSX, 1000baseSX-FDX, auto
This behavior is CORRECT. It has detected the TBI fiber PHY ...
fiber PHYs on "wm" devices don't use an MII bus, and thus do not
attach separate PHY drivers.
There is probably a problem in the TBI autonegotiation logic, but it
IS correctly detecting the TBI.
-- thorpej