>> Have you tried to set the loader-tunable hw.bge.allow_asf to 0? >> The default for that option still is different between 8 and 9+. > it no longer panics when booting, but the interface comes up not > seeing carrier
an additional datum. o with hw.bge.allow_asf untouched, i.e. default o with /boot/device.hints having hint.bge.0.disabled=1 o with /etc/rc.conf having ifconfig_bge0="198.180.150.1/25 media 1000baseTX" ifconfig_bge0_alias0="inet 198.180.150.2/32" etc o it boots but bge0 carrier is down and can not be brought up comment out the bge0 entries in /etc/rc.conf, and it boots, carrier is up, and can be hand configured with the address assignments, and works. randy _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"