Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 15:21:26 -0400 From: Don Bowman <don@sandvine.com> To: 'Christoffer Pio' <cp@cvt.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Spooky em INTEL PRO 1000 driver? Message-ID: <FE045D4D9F7AED4CBFF1B3B813C8533701B36898@mail.sandvine.com>
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From: Christoffer Pio [mailto:cp@cvt.dk] > Hello > > I am experiencing some spookynes with FreeBSD 4.8 on the IBM > x345 2U machine; the x345 comes with two on-board INTEL > 100/1000 mb nics > which uses the em driver. However, whenever I "up" one of the nics, > there is a slight delay of a few seconds before the command > completes, also the nic is not operating in up state yet, > appr. 30 seconds passes before traffic actually can pass See the 'WAIT_FOR_AUTO_NEG_DEFAULT' define/ifdef in the driver, this may help you. By default the driver, when in auto-negotiate mode, hangs for a long time when you bring it up until negotiation is complete. Another option for you may be to force the duplex & speed with ifconfig when you bring it up.
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