Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:18:50 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: Martin <nakal@web.de> Cc: jfv@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying Message-ID: <2a41acea0808041018nc60b3uf53d2e898a73d9a9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080804174458.4dda8369@zelda.local> References: <20080801142005.473c17ca@zelda.local> <20080801154208.W6085@fledge.watson.org> <2a41acea0808010924u22603c61p10e47237fad5b6fb@mail.gmail.com> <20080802064727.042d5e3d@web.de> <2a41acea0808021034g588fdc77w50797f473e8809b0@mail.gmail.com> <20080804113448.0a4b3991@zelda.local> <20080804102307.GA28928@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080804125138.59ed0252@zelda.local> <20080804174458.4dda8369@zelda.local>
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The focus here on the laptop distracted me, but someone else at work reminded me. Its very important that you run the EEPROM fix for the 82573 that i posted a long while back, search in email archive for it. Its a DOS executable that will patch your EEPROM. I am not sure if the Lenova's need it, but get it, run it, and then see if your problem goes away. Jack On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Martin <nakal@web.de> wrote: > Am Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:51:38 +0200 > schrieb Martin <nakal@web.de>: > >> I'm trying some other things here. Before you waste time on >> PEBKAC problems ;) (which I now suspect to be). Let me try to install >> the latest GENERIC on my laptop first. > > I've build fresh world and then kernel (GENERIC configuration), I also > removed everything from rc.conf except host name assignment, and > ifconfig_re0="DHCP". I have still same effect as described before. > > Booting without ethernet cable will prevent me to get link "status: > active" on em(4), when I try to use it later. > > GENERIC from FreeBSD 7.0 CD installation works fine. I checked it > again. I can boot without cable in my NIC, "try" to assign an IP using > DHCP and then plug the cable in and I have link. > > Is there a difference how /etc/rc.d/netif handles a NIC with DHCP and > how the installation CD is handling it? > > Once again, steps to reproduce this behavior: > > 1) Power the laptop OFF. Really OFF, I mean. No reboots! > 2) Detach the cable from NIC. > 3) Boot FreeBSD. Let it pass the DHCP phase (ifconfig_em0="DHCP") until > login appears. > 4) Attach the cable to the NIC. > 5) Voila... no link. > > -- > Martin >
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