From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 8 00:42:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8374A16A4CE; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 00:42:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (mail.dt.e-technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE [129.217.163.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DECF843D31; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 00:42:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])0465B3C9D7; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:42:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (krusty [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 06516-01-3; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:42:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from m2a2.dyndns.org (p5487C14A.dip.t-dialin.net [84.135.193.74]) 9856E3C9B4; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:42:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E6AAD3AD0; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:42:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from merlin.emma.line.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (m2a2.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28758-03; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:42:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id E7B4CD3A25; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:42:16 +0200 (CEST) To: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" In-Reply-To: <1094571416.67273.8.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.com> (Brandon S. Allbery's message of "Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:36:57 -0400") References: <20040907112121.GA94401@cell.sick.ru> <20040907151957.GE95626@cell.sick.ru> <1094571416.67273.8.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.com> From: Matthias Andree Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 02:42:16 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de cc: Gleb Smirnoff cc: Matthias Andree cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BETA3 showstoppers (read: critical bugs) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 00:42:21 -0000 "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" writes: > We have occasionally seen what I am told by our network folks are odd > autonegotiation issues with 3C905-TX cards connected to Cisco switches, > for what it's worth. There is no autonegotiation issue in this case. Linux is fine, and rp-pppoe has also been fine throughout 5.2-CURRENT on the same interface, as has been Linux with both rp-pppoe and kernel-mode pppoe. On FreeBSD, "ifconfig xl1 media auto ; ifconfig xl1" prints the right setting, that is 10baseT/UTP and no note about duplex. This is what Linux 2.6 + mii-diag prints: Basic registers of MII PHY #24: 3100 786d 2000 5c01 01e1 0021 0000 0000. Basic mode control register 0x3100: Auto-negotiation enabled. You have link beat, and everything is working OK. Your link partner is generating 10baseT link beat (no autonegotiation). End of basic transceiver information. > I'm not convinced it's solely a hardware issue, > though, as it seems to be a lot more common with "recent" 2.4-series > SuSE Linux kernels than with older ones. So far I've not had a chance > to try it with FreeBSD (and I'm unlikely to do so any time soon; around > here a stable AFS client is an absolute necessity...). I haven't had major difficulties with SuSE Linux 8.2 (kernel 2.4.20-whatever). SuSE Linux 9.1 is an inconsistent and incomplete mess though and something to stay away from unless particular requirements dictate otherwise. If someone has 8.2 or 9.0, he'd better stay with that and wait for 9.2. -- Matthias Andree Encrypted mail welcome: my GnuPG key ID is 0x052E7D95 (PGP/MIME preferred)