From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 21 08:28:26 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1914106566B for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:28:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B2788FC15 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyi40 with SMTP id 40so4779953wyi.13 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:28:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.61.80 with SMTP id s16mr5165761wbh.73.1319185705286; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:28:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dfleuriot-at-hi-media.com ([83.167.62.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gd6sm20360402wbb.1.2011.10.21.01.28.23 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:28:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4EA12D26.4020104@my.gd> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:28:22 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <4ea18916.IBAr0lF5RCzEYn6G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4ea18916.IBAr0lF5RCzEYn6G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 8.1 xl + dual-speed Netgear hub = yoyo X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:28:27 -0000 On 10/21/11 5:00 PM, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > I have an 8.1-RELEASE system with an xl on the mainboard: > > xl0: <3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xdc80-0xdcff mem 0xf8fffc00-0xf8fffc7f irq 16 at device 4.0 on pci2 > miibus0: on xl0 > xlphy0: <3c905C 10/100 internal PHY> PHY 24 on miibus0 > xlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > xl0: Ethernet address: 00:b0:d0:22:5a:14 > xl0: [ITHREAD] > > It has been working properly while connected to an old 10-BaseT hub, > but when I moved it to a (not as old) Netgear 10/100 dual-speed hub > the link started to yo-yo: > Pray tell, what's a "dual-speed hub" , marketing mumbo-jumbo ? If that's a hub that supports negotiation of different speeds (10 vs 100), then yes, I call that marketing mumbo-jumbo ;) > Oct 21 07:16:00 fbsd81 kernel: xl0: link state changed to DOWN > Oct 21 07:16:02 fbsd81 kernel: xl0: link state changed to UP > Oct 21 07:16:12 fbsd81 kernel: xl0: link state changed to DOWN [snip] > > Both connections were using the same (short) Cat5 cable, I tried two > different ports on the 10/100 hub, and other systems work OK on that > 10/100 hub. > > How do I get this interface to operate properly at 100MB? You change your faulty cable and enjoy ;) It is totally possible that your cable be the cause, and that it can operate just fine at 10MB but not at 100.