# guest environment evidence (DF-3642 / DF-3643) Captured 2026-09-15 via `dfbsd-qemu/vm.sh run_root`: ``` DragonFly dfbsd 6.5-DEVELOPMENT DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #0: Thu Jul 2 06:02:54 UTC 2026 root@dfbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X86_64_GENERIC x86_64 --- kldstat | grep -i "em\|igb" -> (empty; not a separate module) kldload if_em -> kldload: can't load if_em: module already loaded or in kernel => em(4)/ig_hal COMPILED INTO X86_64_GENERIC KERNEL pciconf -l (network-relevant): virtio_pci0@pci0:0:3:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00011af4 chip=0x10001af4 <- NIC is virtio hostb0 0x12378086 / isab1 0x70008086 / atapci0 0x70108086 / none0 0x71138086 <- i440FX bridge, NOT e1000 LAN ifconfig -l: vtnet0 lo0 dmesg: no em[0-9]/ich8 messages ``` ## Meaning 1. The audited file `sys/dev/netif/ig_hal/e1000_ich8lan.c` is **live kernel code** on this guest (statically linked into GENERIC), and on every real Intel-PCH machine booted from `X86_64_GENERIC` it drives the on-board ICH8/PCH GbE MAC (e.g. every I217/I218/I219). 2. This guest presents **no Intel GbE MAC**: probe of `em_attach` never matches, so none of the audited code paths (NVM flash cycles, PHY workarounds, link config) execute here. 3. Therefore runtime reproduction of both findings on this guest is impossible; both are verified at source level (see trace.log) and their logic is additionally confirmed to be byte-identical in FreeBSD HEAD upstream (i.e. vendor-inherited, not a DragonFly sync typo).