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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:10:47 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] VIA Rhine II mii problems
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i don't have this part (that i know of) and the datasheet didn't
immediately pop up, but the linux driver hardcodes the phy_id to 1.
the part you have claims to have an integrated phy.

you may wish to try that.

- erik

p.s. lspci -n will give you vid/did numbers.

> Hi,
> I just installed Plan 9 on a machine using a VIA Rhine II NIC.
> Unfortunately the driver is not successfully initializing the device.
>
> Placing print statements in ethervt6102.c shows that vt6102reset() is
> failing when mii() returns an empty PHY mask.  The mii() function is
> probing each PHY from 0 to 31, but always finds that oui == 0.  It
> never finds a PHY.
>
> Any hints?  I understand the high-level details but don't have the
> knowledge to do anything other than poke around blindly now.