[SDBUG] read/write mii regs in FreeBSD

[J. Cordaro]

Ron,

The mediaopt to dump MII Reg 0x5 (AutoNeg Link) and
0x11 bit 15 (AutoNeg Base Page Selection Mismatch)
would be...?  I don't need to set an option I need to
print out status of some mii registers.

seriously,  
how do you do this in BSD short of writing a custom
driver?

regards,
Jay Cordaro

--- Ron Rosson <ron at oneinsane.net> wrote:

> On Dec 3, 2007, at 12:52 PM, J. Cordaro wrote:
> 
> > Guys,
> >
> > My yahoo mail sux, sorry if this is a duplicate.
> > I am trying to read/write mii registers in BSD.
> This
> > is simple in linux, I just use ethtool.
> >
> > I need more than what ifconfig can provide, I
> think.
> > I need to monitor the status of the autoneg
> registers.
> > I am having an interop issue with a machine.  I
> want
> > to see what this machine's autoneg status register
> > says after I plug a cable in. I would like to do
> this
> > without wiping out the machine and loading linux.
> 
> jay,
>   Under *BSD this is all handled with the ifconfig
> command. Below are  
> a few snippits from the man page of ifconfig:
> 
> mediaopt opts
>               If the driver supports the media
> selection system, set  
> the speci-
>               fied media options on the interface. 
> The opts argument  
> is a
>               comma delimited list of options to
> apply to the  
> interface.  Refer
>               to the interfaces' driver specific man
> page for a  
> complete list
>               of available options.
> 
> -mediaopt opts
>               If the driver supports the media
> selection system,  
> disable the
>               specified media options on the
> interface.
> 
> Take a more complete at the ifconfig man page for
> more information.
> 
> -Ron
> 
> --
> Ron Rosson
> ron at oneinsane.net
> http://www.oneinsane.net
> 
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