diff -r 19fee65295c6 sys/src/9/pc/ether82563.c
--- a/sys/src/9/pc/ether82563.c	Sat Jan 12 21:07:12 2019 +0100
+++ b/sys/src/9/pc/ether82563.c	Sun Jan 13 15:18:29 2019 +0100
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@
 	F79phy	= 1<<5,
 	Fnofct	= 1<<6,
 	Fbadcsum= 1<<7,
+	Fnofca	= 1<<8,
 };
 
 typedef struct Ctlrtype Ctlrtype;
@@ -491,9 +492,9 @@
 [i82580]	"i82580",	9728,	F75|F79phy,
 [i82583]	"i82583",	1514,	0,
 [i210]		"i210",		9728,	F75|Fnofct|Fert,
-[i217]		"i217",		2048,	Fload|Fert|Fnofct|Fbadcsum,	/* 9018, but unstable above 2k */
-[i218]		"i218",		9018,	Fload|Fert|F79phy|Fnofct|Fbadcsum,
-[i219]		"i219",		9018,	Fload|Fert|F79phy|Fnofct|Fbadcsum,
+[i217]		"i217",		2048,	Fload|Fert|F79phy|Fnofct|Fnofca|Fbadcsum,/* 9018, but unstable above 2k */
+[i218]		"i218",		9018,	Fload|Fert|F79phy|Fnofct|Fnofca|Fbadcsum,
+[i219]		"i219",		9018,	Fload|Fert|F79phy|Fnofct|Fnofca|Fbadcsum,
 [i350]		"i350",		9728,	F75|F79phy|Fnofct,
 };
 
@@ -1212,6 +1213,10 @@
 			goto next;
 		}
 		i = (phy>>8) & 3;
+		if(c->type == i217){
+			print("i217: phy status %ux, speed %d\n", phy, i);
+			goto next;
+		}
 		a = phy & Ans;
 		if(a){
 			r = phyread(c, phyno, Phyctl);
@@ -1785,8 +1790,10 @@
 	memset(ctlr->mta, 0, sizeof(ctlr->mta));
 	for(i = 0; i < 128; i++)
 		csr32w(ctlr, Mta + i*4, 0);
-	csr32w(ctlr, Fcal, 0x00C28001);
-	csr32w(ctlr, Fcah, 0x0100);
+	if((flag & Fnofca) == 0){
+		csr32w(ctlr, Fcal, 0x00C28001);
+		csr32w(ctlr, Fcah, 0x0100);
+	}
 	if((flag & Fnofct) == 0)
 		csr32w(ctlr, Fct, 0x8808);
 	csr32w(ctlr, Fcttv, 0x0100);