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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!jochen From: jochen@netcom.com (Jochen Roth) Subject: Re: 2.2.1: fxp0: Unsupoorted phy? Message-ID: <jochenE9F60C.66t@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom On-Line Services X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3365F1FF.167EB0E7@rwwa.com> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 21:50:35 GMT Lines: 14 Sender: jochen@netcom18.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39984 Robert Withrow (witr@rwwa.com) wrote: : I am getting this message from a newly installed 2.2.1... : /kernel: fxp0: warning: unsupported PHY, type = 7, addr = 1 : Whazzatmean? Probably the fxp driver (a netcard, fast ethernet) complaining about not recognizing the PHY (physical layer) chip that interfaces the MAC's MII (media independent interface) to the wire. Try to run diagnostics for the card or swap it with a known good one. May be a driver timing issue, too.