Re: 5.3 with sis problem

From: wally (root_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:18:15 -0500

Rebel wrote:

> I have a Realtek 8201BL PHY chip on board (sis0) which does not work in
> FreeBSD 5.3, works fine in Mandrake 10.1 Does anyone have a fix for this?

Thats interesting, I had an onboard sis NIC that showed up as sis0 and never
gave me any trouble. My motherboard was ECS K7Pro. 

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