Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:32:04 -0700 From: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Ivan Alexandrovich <ivsan@ngs.ru> Subject: Re: Ethernet link status on i82576 Message-ID: <CAFOYbckqbrJtxss9MQN-N8B2HReGkeihdrb8jh7bW8A4XYnZyw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFMmRNxNYyWUYZ299GeK6oksay_5nL9XxVvM39LTQEakRPXE9g@mail.gmail.com> References: <web-8285764@mx16.intranet.ru> <CAFMmRNxNYyWUYZ299GeK6oksay_5nL9XxVvM39LTQEakRPXE9g@mail.gmail.com>
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Correct, until you up the interface there are no interrupts enabled so you don't detect link change. Not a bug, linux is a different kettle of fish... Jack On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com> wrote: > I notice that the interface not up in your test. If you ifconfig it > up does it detect that it has lost link? The driver isn't really > running anymore when you bring the link down -- interrupts are > disabled, for example, so it will never get a link down interrupt. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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