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Date:      Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:36:52 -0800 (PST)
From:      spam@sporty.org
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   kern/9742: tx driver for smc autodetects fine, but network comes up only after 1 packet is sent outbound
Message-ID:  <199901280536.VAA15228@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         9742
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       tx driver for smc autodetects fine, but network comes up only after 1 packet is sent outbound
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 27 21:40:01 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     spencer portee
>Release:        3.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
yard productions
>Environment:
FreeBSD real.yrd.com 3.0-STABLE FreeBSD 3.0-STABLE #1: Thu Jan 28 04:22:01 GMT 1999     root@in.progress.yrd.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
using a catalyst cisco switch an an smc nic, the negotiation to full duplex on behalf of the freebsd driver side (switch is configured to do 100-fulld-duplex set), the line status is up, the network is down until any tcpip packet is sent.
>How-To-Repeat:
setup like above, boot up and watch
>Fix:
TEMP. FIX:
in rc.local, put a ping -c 10 -i 60 to somewhere, that will start up the network as a temporary fix
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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