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Date:      Tue, 26 Apr 2005 02:35:56 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl>
To:        "Michael G. Jung" <mikej@confluenttech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: EM driver and Intel Pro 1000 MT (A78408-008)
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOC.4.61.0504260233390.23327@tea.blinkenlights.nl>
In-Reply-To: <9D7F0DF3FB16D41184010050DA90E00001C8751B@neo.confluentasp.local>
References:  <9D7F0DF3FB16D41184010050DA90E00001C8751B@neo.confluentasp.local>

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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Michael G. Jung wrote:

> FreeBSD firewall.mikej.com 5.4-RC3 FreeBSD 5.4-RC3 #5: Sun Apr 24 19:18:40 EDT 2005
> mikej@firewall.mikej.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FIREWALL  i386
>
> em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.35>
> port 0xef00-0xef3f mem 0xfeba0000-0xfebbffff,0xfebc0000-0xfebdffff irq 18 at device 18.0 on pci0
>
> I got several of these card which I have put in FreeBSD/Windows machines.
>
> Under FreeBSD 5.4-RC3 I can not get the card to run at GB.
>
> If I put the same card that fails under FreeBSD in a M$
> machine the card works at 1000/Full fine. The card does work at 100/Full in BSD box ok.
>
> if I config the adapter like
> "ifconfig inet 10.0.0.3  netmask 255.255.255.0 media 1000baseTX mediaopt full-duplex"
>
> and then do ifconfig em0 status shows "NO CARRIER".
>
> Is this a know problem? The card is attached to a DLINK DGS-1005D switch.  I have also tried
> moving the BSD box to a switch port that a M$ machine is working at 1000/Full.
>
> Anyone have ideas on this?

Have you tried autonegotiation ?
( Gigabit ethernet requires full-duplex, and in 99% of the cases
   should work with autoneg )

-- 
Sten Spans

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen - Anthem



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