From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 24 22:05:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0335616A41F for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:05:37 +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 0E0FA43D5C for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:05:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jpeg@thilelli.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB045647E; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:05:30 +0100 (CET) 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 38518-05; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:05:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.thilelli.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EDFC5647C; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:05:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from 192.168.1.12 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jgabel) by webmail.thilelli.net with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:05:29 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <62280.192.168.1.12.1138140329.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <43D69B06.4060208@nieser.net> References: <43D69B06.4060208@nieser.net> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:05:29 +0100 (CET) From: "Julien Gabel" To: "Hans Nieser" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 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: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: re0: 2 link states coalesced. X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jpeg@thilelli.net List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:05:37 -0000 Hello Hans, > I have a problem with my RTL8169 Gigabit NIC built into my (apparently > very uncommon) Clevo D41EV laptop. At boot, when netif tries to set up the > interface, I get a lot of these messages: > > > re0: 2 link states coalesced > > re0: link state changed to DOWN > > re0: 2 link states coalesced > > re0: link state changed to DOWN > > re0: 2 link states coalesced > > re0: link state changed to DOWN > > At some point the interface will go UP just at the right time (?) and gets > configured by dhclient succesfully. Once that is done it seems to works > fine, giving me 10-11 MiB/s throughput on a 100mbit link. > > At first I didn't consider it a real problem, but now that I am trying to > take my laptop into daily use I am becoming increasingly annoyed by having > to wait 3 to 6 minutes for the NIC to go 'UP' during the boot process. > > Here's how the NIC is identified in pciconf -lv: > > > re0@pci0:10:0: class=0x020000 card=0x08001558 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10 > > hdr=0x00 > > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > > device = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter' > > class = network > > subclass = ethernet > > This is all on a fresh installation of FreeBSD-6.0-RELEASE updated to p3. > I have the full dmesg log and pciconf output attached (and mirrored at > http://www.nieser.net/files/re-problem/ incase the attachments don't come > through). Does anyone know what causes this, and possibly the solution? > Should I file a PR for this? I filled one a year ago, for the very same problem (encountered for two years now). See Problem Report kern/80005 for more information. I think that another user (Emmanuel Duros) tried to speak with Realtek on that point, not sure if there is feedback on it though... Sorry not to have better news. -- -jpeg.