Bug 27278

Summary: ex0 panics system at boot with Ethernet cable disconnected
Product: Base System Reporter: lee <lee>
Component: kernAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 4.3-RELEASE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description lee 2001-05-12 04:10:00 UTC
This machine has an Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ISA (ex) card installed, set to IO 0x210, IRQ 9 (it would not probe successfully in PnP mode, FWIW). When I boot the machine with the Ethernet cable attached and link good, the card and driver work fine, but when I boot without it connected, I get this:

ex0: <Intel Pro/10+> at port 210-21f irq 9 on isa0
ex0: Manual config, 16-bit bus, board id 0x203, stepping 0x0
ifmedia_set: no match for 0x25/0xffffffff
panic: ifmedia_set

How-To-Repeat: Install an ex-compatible ISA Ethernet card, set as above, and try booting with the Ethernet cable disconnected.
Comment 1 winter 2001-05-14 20:21:40 UTC
On Fri, 11 May 2001 lee@lcremeans.homeip.net wrote:
> This machine has an Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 ISA (ex) card installed,
> set to IO 0x210, IRQ 9 (it would not probe successfully in PnP mode,
> FWIW). When I boot the machine with the Ethernet cable attached and
> link good, the card and driver work fine, but when I boot without it
> connected, I get this:
> 
> ex0: <Intel Pro/10+> at port 210-21f irq 9 on isa0
> ex0: Manual config, 16-bit bus, board id 0x203, stepping 0x0
> ifmedia_set: no match for 0x25/0xffffffff
> panic: ifmedia_set

I'm pretty sure you've got the card set to the 'auto detect cable' under
the cable settings menu in the DOS config tool.

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Comment 2 Bruce A. Mah freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-01-12 18:31:17 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->feedback

Did the advice in the audit-trail point you towards a solution, or 
is this still a problem?
Comment 3 Bruce A. Mah freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-01-12 22:58:22 UTC
State Changed
From-To: feedback->closed

Submitter reports that this isn't a problem any longer.