On 1/4/2010 5:48 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: > I have a RealTek 816/x/ NIC in my FreeBSD 8.0 box, this is the same > machine I was having issues with last month with ACPI. I've swapped out > the hard drive and did a full system install last night and at 2AM the > NIC gave out. > > When I run */etc/rc.d/netif restart* I get the normal processing data > about my NICs and then this: > *re0: reset never completed!* > re0: PHY write failed > *re0: PHY write failed* > re0: PHY write failed > *re0: PHY write failed* > re0: PHY write failed > * > * > And it proceeds to bring lo0 and re0 back up, but re0 has it's listed > static IP but is not discoverable on the network. Ohh ohh forgot to mention, you will most likely need to restart the /etc/rc.d/routing service as well if restarting netif when it comes back up. > > A reboot can temporarily fix this but I want to avoid rebooting every > 4-6 hours automatically (for obvious reasons). > > I've found patches referencing 7.1 but not 8.x. > > I can post more details if you need, just point me where you need me to > look for them. > > -- > Ryan > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments