em0: The EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid

[sam]

Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 08:34:44AM +0400, Vladimir Ermakov wrote:
>   
>> Hello
>>
>> my trouble with nic
>>
>> part of `dmesg`  output
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 6.9.5> port 0xec00-0xec3f mem  
>> 0xfebc0000-0xfebdffff,0xfeb80000-0xfebbffff irq 19 at device 2.0 on pci2
>> em0: The EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid
>> device_attach: em0 attach returned 5
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> part of `pciconf -lv` output
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> em0 at pci0:2:2:0: class=0x020000 card=0x10018086 chip=0x10268086 rev=0x01  
>> hdr=0x00
>>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>    device     = '82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
>>    class      = network
>>    subclass   = ethernet
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> uname output
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> FreeBSD  7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #2: Wed Jul 16 20:36:12 UTC 2008   
>>   root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STONE  i386
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> please, any solution?
>>     
>
> Intel probably has a utility to reset the EEPROM settings on the NIC.
> Jack Vogel may know where to get such a utility.
>
> I do not believe this problem is FreeBSD-related.
>
>   
thx
took IBAUTIL.EXE from Intel`s site, now my Intel_NIC works

/Vladimir Ermakov