Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 19:03:28 +0300 From: Andrew Savchenko <gradiometric@gmail.com> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "igb" interfaces aren't picking up media on boot Message-ID: <CAPUkqa4BkZjmSepC2uWUKWeGJWwVjRyKyE85DzEJyKxKtyVrjg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ7XE%2B26fewtuudN1FwKP1be%2BQLcFsy64z3c__303kmGxg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPUkqa7-oRuparA_dhLmT8J17w6GVeqMfaFvjzHVDir--6qvSA@mail.gmail.com> <653b4473-558b-5ef8-41b7-080ec6c5584d@multiplay.co.uk> <2A35EA60C3C77D438915767F458D65688394B821@ORSMSX111.amr.corp.intel.com> <CAPUkqa7ngE9ptd8oYRYjCru5Kh7H_LSOqi6gVpy-eUqiR5jwVQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ7XE%2B26fewtuudN1FwKP1be%2BQLcFsy64z3c__303kmGxg@mail.gmail.com>
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Nope, unfortunately they stay dead (aka "no carrier") until `netif restart`= . On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Andrew Savchenko <gradiometric@gmail.com= > > wrote: > >> MAC's and IP's are abviously changed. >> For the moment being I have "solved" this by a tiny script in /etc/rc.d/ >> that restarts networking & routing after the system boot: >> > > =E2=80=8BDo the NICs eventually pick up carrier status if you leave it af= ter > boot? Could it just be slow picking up status changes? We had a couple > em(4) or igb(4) (forget now) NICs that were like that. Took a good minut= e > after boot before the NIC was finished initialising and detected the link= . > > If that's the case, and you don't mind the wait (and want to make sure > networking is working once the boot is complete), you can use the netwait= _* > options in /etc/rc.conf. That will pause the boot process until either t= he > network link status changes to up, and/or you can ping the default gatewa= y > or any other IP on the network. > > Worked for us. Might work for you.=E2=80=8B > > > -- > Freddie Cash > fjwcash@gmail.com >
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