> > Just checked it today morning - it cannot start Ethernet > adapter after > > last reboot... > > It lists it in POST message, but > > 1) don't start PXE firmware > > 2) can't see it with pre-installed Windows (It show unknown > Ethernet, > > with vendor 10ec dev 8129 subsys 812911ec revision 01). > It's PCI express > > network card, according to POST message. > > 3) link is active > > > > I have two more noteboks (same model), but don't want to kill their > > Ethernet adapters. > > So, are you saying that after using the fixed patch, booting into > FreeBSD (getting to login), that the Windows no longer attached to the > on board ethernet adapter? Considering that this patch doesn't even > touch the read-write data, I can't imagine it breaking > something, unless > the driver and other code can't handle the VPD registers > being touched... > But if that's the case, then the Windows driver needs to be > fixed since > there are no guaranties what the VPD registers will be... how can THIS change? (it's a diff against other ASUS U5F notebook) --- good-pciconf 2006-10-19 14:36:53.135431000 +0400 +++ broken-pciconf 2006-10-19 14:36:37.619607400 +0400 _at__at_ -41,7 +41,7 _at__at_ atapci0_at_pci0:31:2: class=0x010180 card=0x12671043 chip=0x27c48086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 class = mass storage subclass = ATA -re0_at_pci1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x11f51043 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 +rl0_at_pci1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x812911ec chip=0x812910ec rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 class = network subclass = ethernet none1_at_pci2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10018086 chip=0x42228086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 verbose dmes & pciconf are available from http://chibis.persons.gfk.ru/vpd/ Yuriy.Received on Thu Oct 19 2006 - 08:45:08 UTC
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