From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 16:53:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5937616A41C for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:53:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jpeg@thilelli.net) Received: from smtp.thilelli.net (smtp.thilelli.net [213.41.129.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6DB743D1D for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:52:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jpeg@thilelli.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDEDD7305B; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:52:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bento.thilelli.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bento.thilelli.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 05615-02; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:52:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.thilelli.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30FDC7303E; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:52:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 192.168.1.20 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jgabel) by webmail.thilelli.net with HTTP; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:52:53 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <62860.192.168.1.20.1119199973.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <20050619110902.GA705@daedalus.desk.pl> References: <20050618234921.GA1740@daedalus.desk.pl> <20050619110902.GA705@daedalus.desk.pl> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:52:53 +0200 (CEST) From: "Julien Gabel" To: "Marcin Koziej" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at thilelli.net Cc: Tom Pepper , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: re0 "no carrier" problem - Patches found in archives didn't work. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jpeg@thilelli.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:53:00 -0000 >> this may seem obvious, but do you still have the same issue if you >> statically define the mediatype to a fixed link speed and duplex? >> lots of interfaces have problems negotiating autoselect with >> switches, as protocols vary widely. the blinking is indicative of >> autoselect setup woes... > When I set the media by hand it showed 'active', but no data could be > transmitted (yellow link diode on switch, not blinking). I then pulled > the switch with my home lan from the wall and plugged my re0 instead - > It worked! > > So this seems to be the %$R#(@%*$ switch issue. The funny thing is, that > with media set manually (or sometimes with autoselect) everything works > fine with this switch (i have used it all day yesterday till evening > without problem). Now, when i wait some time with media manually set, it > starts transmitting data and everything works fine. > Why does it happen? Why is it so unpredictible? Can it be fixed in > software, or should i throw the switch out the window and by a new one? Not sure if it is solely "switch related". I encountered the very same problem for months now using different links ans switches. Moreover, it seems to be FreeBSD specific since the same machine works better with others OSes. See PR kern/80005 for a more long description on a very similar problem. -- -jpeg.