Pb with network interface and some other questions

Hi,

I'm a FreeBSD newbie (I use GNU/Linux) so I hope my questions won't be too
silly...

So, to test freebsd I installed 6.2-RELEASE on a Dell Latitude D600
laptop. No problem to run X. I first felt in a trap choosing "Upgrade" in
sysinstall... So I re-installed again, then follow instruction from the
hand-book to buildworld, buildkernel, etc. No problem.

The main pb I have is that the ethernet interface (bge0) works, but
breakdown a few minutes after I boot. with this message (repeated) in the
first VT : "bge0: PHY read timeout". I tried googling to find out a
solution but I must admit I'm a little bit lost. Do one has an idea for
this ? The problem happens with or without ACPI support.

My network interface is : Broadcom BCM5705 A1, ASIC rev. 0x3001
I upgraded my BIOS with the last version available.
ifconfig tell me : "media : Ethernet autoselect". I would try to force to
100MB but I can't find where to change this setting.


Appart of this issue I feel FreeBSD to be a good OS, filesystem seems very
clean and I like the "ports" concept.


Stéphane THOMAS































































































































































































The second point is just a question I have : what's the difference between
6.2-RELEASE and 6.2-STABLE ?


Stephane THOMAS
TCS Desktop Team
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