Re: gem(4) fails with 5.1.2 kernel

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Hello,

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:09:43 +0100
Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost> wrote:

> I would like to update a 3.1_PATCH system to the latest 5.1.2 release.
> It is a PowerMac G4 (AGP Graphics), 400MHz, 1.2 GB RAM.
> 
> For a test I booted with a 5.1.2 GENERIC kernel and configured the gem(4)
> interface. It didn't work. I cannot ping any host on my LAN.
> 
> ifconfig(8) reports strange capabilities for gem(4). Something like:
>         capabilities=800
> 
> ...without naming the capabilities. In the 3.1 kernel there were some more
> capabilities, with their names in brackets.

Is that still the 3.1 userland?
This is -current on my GigE G4, works just fine and so do the 100MBit gems I 
have in various laptops:
gem0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        capabilities=800<TCP4CSUM_Tx>
        enabled=0
        address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex)
        status: active
        inet 192.168.0.19 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255

> What happened? Is it a known problem?

The capabilities did change at some point, IIRC to reflect some hardware bugs.

have fun
Michael