From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 4 08:28:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 322BF106564A for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 08:28:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB4978FC1F for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 08:28:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so6029952wwf.31 for ; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:28:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=VHxhRCnO6LNQbBgwwUMjZRVSr55sWviRodCpygc3YQo=; b=vbYdhGx4VIXL3dOS9+SzmxQjRliCeuDiHbFUWV7zTcOMJwcmeJT08lSOUjOkff+iNm RwWgfc+kdZZ5TN2SHoYWPMfL4YdCoMfccSGOivcGr3qmy+CmOdFkmwTYVj3E82UTtz2x dIclJvkQcWW9oiNQ+0D5F6ZU9y/q1GmYFPDfw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=kNCuKswCcJHDeGZcB4UtLiiDzZS2xbVqix3n7Ahs7N05m6Iu5bfx9jhWlg0owPa7xU VI9gnH+7juJK+sK3ps37AP0BAc+TTD0qhIy47Kw4pqqeiV8+qo1idunxBIED1dL6iBsA a55klDETNcObU+S1g/lmmcmcy61K6BPN1ZgkU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.199.81 with SMTP id w59mr240558wen.100.1291451332538; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:28:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.71.14 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 00:28:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4cf9ef71./9OtjLOA2+IV0UUh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <201011270946271408828@yahoo.com.cn> <20101128081617.GA90332@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <4CF73A2C.7000802@rdtc.ru> <4CF89EE7.8020807@rdtc.ru> <4CF93A77.30804@rdtc.ru> <4CF9470F.4020709@sentex.net> <4CF947D4.10504@rdtc.ru> <4cf9ef71./9OtjLOA2+IV0UUh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 00:28:52 -0800 Message-ID: From: Jack Vogel To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, egrosbein@rdtc.ru, mike@sentex.net Subject: Re: Problem with igb(4) updated to version 2.0.7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:28:54 -0000 LOL, ya, I have one of those switches that takes that long, a Dell 5224, takes some getting used to when you're used to back to back speeds :) There hasn't been any crying for this feature so I'm disinclined, however if more than 1 or two want it I would reconsider. Jack On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:36 PM, wrote: > Jack Vogel wrote: > > > There are pros and cons either way you do things. I was talking > > to some of our Linux crew, they recently changed things so it > > would shut down the phy, but that doesn't always make everyone > > happy either. > > In particular, depending on the type of switch and how it is > configured, it may take 30 seconds or so after link is restored for > the switch to do spanning-tree validation before it will start to > pass traffic. > > There may be something to be said for making the driver's behavior > configurable. >