From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 16 02:57:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DB3616A474 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:57:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) Received: from quark.cs.earlham.edu (cs.earlham.edu [159.28.230.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 207FB43D45 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:57:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) Received: from [159.28.58.193] (wir058193.rpa.earlham.edu [159.28.58.193]) (authenticated bits=0) by quark.cs.earlham.edu (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k5G2viMU096351 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:57:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: quark.cs.earlham.edu: Host wir058193.rpa.earlham.edu [159.28.58.193] claimed to be [159.28.58.193] Message-ID: <44922162.6060709@cs.earlham.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:11:30 -0400 From: Skylar Thompson Organization: Earlham College Computer Science Department User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051017) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Tancsa References: <20060613164814.GA43973@quark.cs.earlham.edu> <4lqu82t2u0p8ol5ih51ad37em2bb6ll52k@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <4lqu82t2u0p8ol5ih51ad37em2bb6ll52k@4ax.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig1CC933F90BE4649DB03E128D" X-Greylist: Sender succeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (quark.cs.earlham.edu [159.28.230.3]); Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:57:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.2/1464/Tue May 16 05:36:19 2006 on quark.cs.earlham.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 159.28.230.3 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=8.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on quark.cs.earlham.edu Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bge(4) and gigabit X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: skylar@cs.earlham.edu List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:57:50 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig1CC933F90BE4649DB03E128D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike Tancsa wrote: >On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:48:14 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you >wrote: > > > >>I've got a Poweredge 1750 6-STABLE, and I'm having problems getting its onboard >>Ethernet interfaces negotiated to gigabit speeds. It has dual Broadcom >>BCM5704C copper interfaces, which are supported by the bge(4) driver. >> >>I've tried this againt a managed gigabit switch: I plugged in both >>interfaces, and start out at 10baseT. Increasing to 100 works fine, but >>going to 1000baseT causes the link to drop. I've tried using ifconfig to >>force media settings, and these also only work up to 100baseT. I've also >>tried the cabling and switch with other gigabit gear, and these negotiate >>fine. >> >>I also had this machine running Linux at one point, and it negotiated to >>gigabit then, so the interfaces themselves shouldn't be the problem. >> >>Any ideas? >> >> > >Hi, > >Can you post to the list the output of >ifconfig -a >and >dmesg >and >uname -a > > I've upgraded to 6.1-RELEASE, and it seems like the problem has gone away. I used to get lots of messages like this: bge1: link state changed to DOWN bge1: link state changed to UP but now I just get the link state changing to UP once. -- -- Skylar Thompson (skylar@cs.earlham.edu) -- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/ --------------enig1CC933F90BE4649DB03E128D Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEkiFisc4yyULgN4YRAvNwAJ4zhMhAfimkMeKj3WSy9rK5leaQqgCZAXTl dAxKakoHNolPZws/HXZuf4w= =kEAB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig1CC933F90BE4649DB03E128D--