Netgear GA311 Gigabit eth adapt gets "re0 attach returned 6"

I just picked up a couple of Netgear GA311 gigabit ethernet PCI adapters 
and am trying to get one working on my FBSD server. I'm running FBSD 
5.2. The GA311 uses the RealTek 8169S Chip which I understand to be 
supported by the "re" driver, so I compiled "re" into my kernel but it 
didn't work.

When I boot, a bunch of odd things happen. At power up, the 100MB/s 
light on the NIC immediately lights, even when cabled into either of a 
couple of different gigabit devices. Then during boot sequence, it 
correctly identifies the card chipset and matching driver type and tries 
to attach them but fails. It says:

re0: MII without any phy!
device_probe_attach: re0 attach returned 6

I've Googled aggressively but haven't found enough info to be any use 
and just haven't been able to get a clue of even what type of problem 
I'm encountering. Does it come down to a driver bug? Or can I fix this? 
dmesg appended below.

Thanks for any ideas.
Andrew

For my email address see webmaster link at http://stanfordthirdward.org
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FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE #3: Sat Jul 24 20:09:14 PDT 2004
    root_at_black.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0a33000.
Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc0a331f4.
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor (1102.51-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x642  Stepping = 2
  
Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
  AMD Features=0xc0440000<RSVD,AMIE,DSP,3DNow!>
real memory  = 268369920 (255 MB)
avail memory = 251047936 (239 MB)
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
acpi0: <VIA694 AWRDACPI> on motherboard
pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
Using $PIR table, 9 entries at 0xc00fdd90
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0
acpi_cpu0: <CPU> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 
0x6000-0x607f,0x5000-0x500f,0x4080-0x40ff,0x4000-0x407f,0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib0: slot 7 INTD is routed to irq 11
pcib0: slot 7 INTD is routed to irq 11
pcib0: slot 7 INTC is routed to irq 5
pcib0: slot 9 INTA is routed to irq 10
pcib0: slot 11 INTA is routed to irq 11
pcib0: slot 13 INTA is routed to irq 11
agp0: <VIA 82C8363 (Apollo KT133A) host to PCI bridge> mem 
0xd0000000-0xd3ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib0: slot 1 INTA is routed to irq 12
pcib1: slot 0 INTA is routed to irq 12
pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <VIA 82C686B UDMA100 controller> port 0xb000-0xb00f at device 
7.1 on pci0
atapci0: Correcting VIA config for southbridge data corruption bug
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
ata0: [MPSAFE]
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
ata1: [MPSAFE]
uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0x9c00-0x9c1f irq 11 at device 
7.2 on pci0
usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1: Texas Instruments TUSB2046 hub, class 9/0, rev 1.10/1.25, addr 2
uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
ukbd0: ATEN 4 Port USB KVM B V1.30, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 3, iclass 3/1
kbd1 at ukbd0
ums0: ATEN 4 Port USB KVM B V1.30, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 3, iclass 3/1
ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir.
uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xa000-0xa01f irq 11 at device 
7.3 on pci0
usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2: port error, restarting port 1
pci0: <bridge, PCI-unknown> at device 7.4 (no driver attached)
pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 7.5 (no driver attached)
re0: <RealTek 8169S Single-chip Gigabit Ethernet> port 0x9000-0x90ff mem 
0xd9105000-0xd91050ff irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0
re0: Ethernet address: 00:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
re0: MII without any phy!
device_probe_and_attach: re0 attach returned 6
atapci1: <Promise PDC20269 UDMA133 controller> port 
0xc400-0xc40f,0xc000-0xc003,0xbc00-0xbc07,0xb800-0xb803,0xb400-0xb407 
mem 0xd9100000-0xd9103fff irq 11 at device 11.0 on pci0
atapci1: [MPSAFE]
ata2: at 0xb400 on atapci1
ata2: [MPSAFE]
ata3: at 0xbc00 on atapci1
ata3: [MPSAFE]
fxp0: <Intel 82558 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xc800-0xc81f mem 
0xd9000000-0xd90fffff,0xd9104000-0xd9104fff irq 11 at device 13.0 on pci0
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:90:27:1c:05:fd
miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0
inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> port 
0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
ppc0 port 0x778-0x77b,0x378-0x37f irq 7 drq 3 on acpi0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 
0xcc000-0xce7ff,0xc8000-0xcbfff,0xc0000-0xc7fff on isa0
pmtimer0 on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1102506437 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 2 steps (100% to 50.0%), currently 100.0%
GEOM: create disk ad0 dp=0xc2dd2260
ad0: 9641MB <IBM-DTTA-371010> [19590/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
acd0: CDROM <CREATIVE CD5230E> at ata1-master PIO4
GEOM: create disk ad4 dp=0xc2db0560
ad4: 156334MB <Maxtor 6Y160P0> [317632/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA133
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a