On 1/4/2010 5:48 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote:
> I have a RealTek 816/x/ NIC in my FreeBSD 8.0 box, this is the same
> machine I was having issues with last month with ACPI. I've swapped out
> the hard drive and did a full system install last night and at 2AM the
> NIC gave out.
>
> When I run */etc/rc.d/netif restart* I get the normal processing data
> about my NICs and then this:
> *re0: reset never completed!*
> re0: PHY write failed
> *re0: PHY write failed*
> re0: PHY write failed
> *re0: PHY write failed*
> re0: PHY write failed
> *
> *
> And it proceeds to bring lo0 and re0 back up, but re0 has it's listed
> static IP but is not discoverable on the network.

Ohh ohh forgot to mention, you will most likely need to restart the 
/etc/rc.d/routing service as well if restarting netif when it comes back up.
>
> A reboot can temporarily fix this but I want to avoid rebooting every
> 4-6 hours automatically (for obvious reasons).
>
> I've found patches referencing 7.1 but not 8.x.
>
> I can post more details if you need, just point me where you need me to
> look for them.
>
> --
> Ryan
>
>
>
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