Re: [D800] Dell D800 (FBSD 5.2-release) Broadcom BCM5705M MTU/Jumbo Problem

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 01/23/04

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    Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:28:05 -0800
To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>

    On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 08:21:50PM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote:
    > bge0: <Broadcom BCM5702 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x1002> mem
    > 0xfaff0000-0xfaffffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci2
    > bge0: Ethernet address: 00:0b:db:a3:f9:a1
    > miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0
    > brgphy0: <BCM5703 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus0
    > brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX,
    > 1000baseTX-FDX, auto
    >
    > Strange - it shows BCM5702, then BCM5703

    Not really. the whole point of MII is that you can mix and match
    phy's. It's not done much outside of a single product line, but it's
    technically an option.

    -- Brooks 

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