Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:37:39 +0900 From: YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ale(4) cannot negotiate as GigE Message-ID: <20130220043739.GA1469@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <20130219082302.GA86501@FreeBSD.org> References: <20130219082302.GA86501@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 08:23:02AM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > Hi there, > > I've recently put back online one of my home servers, updated to the latest > -CURRENT code. All went fine, but one thing bothers me. This box bears > Asus P5Q Pro mobo, with the following onboard NIC: > > ale0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x82261043 chip=0x10261969 > rev=0xb0 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device = 'AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > According the the specs, it should be GigE. In fact, when plugged into a > capable switch, it displays "green" (gig) status (same on the switch), but > once being initialized by the kernel, it downgrades to yellowish 100mbps > (real speeds agree). There is a fast etherenet version(L2E) so I'm not sure what you have. Could you show me dmesg output(ale(4) & atphy(4) only) and "devinfo -rv| grep atphy"? > > I'm not sure why it happens; maybe it's somehow related to a handful of > those "ale0: link state changed to DOWN/UP" flip-flops I see in dmesg(8), > before it can finally obtain DHCP lease? That's normal when you initiates auto-negotiation with dhclient. > > I remember these adapters had problems in the past, like infamous "Corrupted > MAC on input" disconnect messages, but I don't recall that I could not use > it in GigE mode. Anything I can do about it? Googling did not help much: > most reports date back to ca. 2009, and apparently were ironed out in later > revisions (e.g. selectively disabling checksum offloading). Thanks, > If you still see the "Corrupted MAC on input" message, let me know. > ./danfe
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