> ns83815: auto neg timed out
> ns83815: auto neg timed out

i had a similar problem. /n/sources/contrib/quanstro/9pxesoekris
worked for me. the change is in /n/sources/contrib/quanstro/src/9loadaoe/ether83815.c
iirc, it was a pretty simple change.

- erik

the cards don't look like they're initialized correctly. the driver
reports their mac addresses as "FFFFFFFFFFFF"

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Matthias Teege wrote:
> Moin,
>
> I have problems to boot a Soekris 4801 via PXE from my Plan 9 DHCP
> Server. Here the console output
>
> Plan 9 Bootstrap (serial console)
> ns83815: auto neg timed out
> ns83815: auto neg timed out
> ether#0: 83815: port 0xE100 irq 10: ffffffffffff
> ether#1: 83815: port 0xE200 irq 10: ffffffffffff
> ether#2: 83815: port 0xE300 irq 10: ffffffffffff
> bootp on ether0 for timed out
> bootp on ether1 for timed out
> bootp on ether2 for timed out
> cpu0: 267MHz AMD Geode GX1 loop 12107
> Boot devices: fd0 ether0 ether1 ether2
> boot from: ether0
> bootp on ether0 for timed out
> boot from:
>
> here my pxe config
>
> bootfile=ether0!/386/9pccpu.gz
>
> partition=new
> *nomp=1
> ether0=type=83815
> mouseport=ps2
> console=0
>
> and the entry from lib/ndb/local
>
> sys=abc ether=000024c89474
> ip=192.168.47.11
> dom=abc.mteege.de
> bootf=/386/9pxeload
>
> Is there an error in my config?
> Many thanks
> Matthias
>
>
>