Error in verbose boot

Question

AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 0 0 setFixedSpeed - logic error, speed any?
That error keeps showing up and slowing down the boot. Appears at the very end of the verbose boot. Is this a problem, i rarely use ethernet, but is it broken?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I would suggest that something in the startup items may be a cause of this. Something you have installed, perhaps. Startup with the Shift key pressed gives Safe mode and this disables such items. A search for lsd, apart from the obvious mind-enhancing links, suggests that the Laboratory for Simulation Development might be connected. Does that ring a bell for you?
There is also a Live Sequencer that sounds more up your street, but that appears to be Windows software. Or perhaps something in the Unix installation. I cannot find anything in the system processes that might link to this.
As to bad sectors (perhaps not); but memory is something that sometimes rears its head, depending on where it came from; and even then memory can go bad.
If it happens again, a look at logs might reveal something: look in Console. It might be useful to post any such logs here as someone (not me) might be able to identify a process. As a point, do you have any devices attached when starting up?