Realtek 8129 doesn't seem to be probing since 08 Sep 2003

My SMP (2x886 MHz PIII) "build" machine has a RealTek 8129 NIC; I generally
track -CURRENT (on slice 4) on a daily basis.  Until yesterday (08 Sep,
as I write this), it had worked adequately for my purposes.

After the build & reboot yesterday (and again today), the NIC does not
seem to have been probed during the boot process.  However, pciconf
sees and recognizes it OK; here's its output (cut/paste, since all I
have is a serial console for access to the machine while I'm running
-CURRENT):

freebeast(5.1-C)[3] sudo pciconf -l -v
Password:
hostb0_at_pci0:0:0:        class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x30911106 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
    device   = 'VT8633 Apollo Pro 266 CPU to PCI Bridge'
    class    = bridge
    subclass = HOST-PCI
pcib1_at_pci0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000080 chip=0xb0911106 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
    vendor   = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
    device   = 'VT8633 Apollo Pro 266 CPU to AGP Controller'
    class    = bridge
    subclass = PCI-PCI
none0_at_pci0:9:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00d810ec chip=0x812910ec rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
    device   = 'RTL8129 10/100 Fast Ethernet Controller'
    class    = network
    subclass = ethernet
none1_at_pci0:14:0:        class=0x040100 card=0x011113f6 chip=0x011113f6 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'C-Media Electronics Inc.'
    device   = 'CMI8738/PCI C3DX PCI Audio Chip'
    class    = multimedia
    subclass = audio
atapci0_at_pci0:15:0:      class=0x010400 card=0x0649101e chip=0x06491095 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'Silicon Image Inc (Was: CMD Technology Inc)'
    device   = 'PCI-649 Ultra ATA/100 PCI to IDE/ATA Controller'
    class    = mass storage
    subclass = RAID
isab0_at_pci0:17:0:        class=0x060100 card=0x00001106 chip=0x30741106 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
    device   = 'VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge'
    class    = bridge
    subclass = PCI-ISA
atapci1_at_pci0:17:1:      class=0x01018a card=0x05711106 chip=0x05711106 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
    device   = 'VT82xxxx EIDE Controller (All VIA Chipsets)'
    class    = mass storage
    subclass = ATA
none2_at_pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x8a135333 chip=0x8a135333 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'S3 Incorporated'
    device   = '86C362/86C368 Trio3D2x & Trio3D2x+ AGP'
    class    = display
    subclass = VGA
freebeast(5.1-C)[4] 


Now, I realize that there's a new re(4) driver; I have yet to see what
changes might have caused a lack of probing, though.  I don't really
know a good way to show the lack of something during boot, though, so
I've cut/pasted the rfelevant content of /var/lg/messages.  I figured
that if I posted that here, though, that postmaster_at_ might have an
averse reaction [1], so it's at
http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/FreeBSD/debug/boot-v.txt for your
viewing pleasure.

The kernel configuration is nearby, at
http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/FreeBSD/debug/FREEBEAST.

Here's output of uname:

freebeast(5.1-C)[9] uname -a
FreeBSD freebeast.catwhisker.org 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #50: Tue Sep  9 08:35:10 PDT 2003     root_at_freebeast.catwhisker.org:/common/S4/obj/usr/src/sys/FREEBEAST  i386
freebeast(5.1-C)[10] 

And here's a log showing recent CVSup history:

freebeast(5.1-C)[10] tail /var/log/cvsup-history.log
CVSup begin from cvsup10.freebsd.org at Sat Sep  6 03:47:18 PDT 2003
CVSup begin from cvsup7.freebsd.org at Sat Sep  6 03:47:20 PDT 2003
CVSup begin from cvsup2.freebsd.org at Sat Sep  6 03:47:23 PDT 2003
CVSup ended from cvsup2.freebsd.org at Sat Sep  6 03:55:10 PDT 2003
CVSup begin from cvsup13.freebsd.org at Sun Sep  7 03:47:19 PDT 2003
CVSup ended from cvsup13.freebsd.org at Sun Sep  7 03:54:37 PDT 2003
CVSup begin from cvsup13.freebsd.org at Mon Sep  8 03:47:15 PDT 2003
CVSup ended from cvsup13.freebsd.org at Mon Sep  8 03:54:51 PDT 2003
CVSup begin from cvsup13.freebsd.org at Tue Sep  9 03:47:15 PDT 2003
CVSup ended from cvsup13.freebsd.org at Tue Sep  9 03:54:53 PDT 2003
freebeast(5.1-C)[11] 

Sorry to be so clueless; thanks in advance for hints.

Note 1:  Familiarity with, if not appreciation of, the plot for
"Iolanthe" helps in understanding this.

Peace,
david
-- 
David H. Wolfskill				david_at_catwhisker.org
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