Pb with network interface and some other questions

[Stephane THOMAS]

Hi,

I'm a FreeBSD newbie (I use GNU/Linux) so I hope my questions won't be too 
silly...

So, to test freebsd I installed 6.2-RELEASE on a Dell Latitude D600 
laptop. No problem to run X. I first felt in a trap choosing "Upgrade" in 
sysinstall... So I re-installed again, then follow instruction from the 
hand-book to buildworld, buildkernel, etc. No problem.

The main pb I have is that the ethernet interface (bge0) works, but 
breakdown a few minutes after I boot. with this message (repeated) in the 
first VT : "bge0: PHY read timeout". I tried googling to find out a 
solution but I must admit I'm a little bit lost. Do one has an idea for 
this ? The problem happens with or without ACPI support.

My network interface is : Broadcom BCM5705 A1, ASIC rev. 0x3001
I upgraded my BIOS with the last version available.
ifconfig tell me : "media : Ethernet autoselect". I would try to force to 
100MB but I can't find where to change this setting.


Appart of this issue I feel FreeBSD to be a good OS, filesystem seems very 
clean and I like the "ports" concept.


Stéphane THOMAS































































































































































































The second point is just a question I have : what's the difference between 
6.2-RELEASE and 6.2-STABLE ?


Stephane THOMAS
TCS Desktop Team