Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:24:24 -0700 (PDT) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mbsd@pacbell.net> To: Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Call for bfe(4) testers Message-ID: <20060610161947.I1026@spirou.home> In-Reply-To: <20060607195303.GA3225@roadrunner.q.local> References: <20060607195303.GA3225@roadrunner.q.local>
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > Hi, > > I investigated a bug/missing feature in the bfe(4) driver, which makes > it not see any LINK DOWN events unless you happen to invoke ifconfig. > > If you are running bfe hardware, *please* test the following (NO > PATCHING OR REBOOTING REQUIRED) > > 1. Plug in ethernet cable > 2. Watch dmesg/syslogd for the LINK UP message > 3. Remove the cable > 4. Do you see a LINK DOWN message? Does it appear after you issue > 'ifconfig'? > > Please run these simple steps and report back to me, if you get the LINK > DOWN message or not and which hardware you are running. For reference, > mine is a BCM4401, card=0x81271028 chip=0x440114e4 rev=0x01. No link notifications until I run "ifconfig". bfe0@pci2:5:0: class=0x020000 card=0x018d1028 chip=0x170c14e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > If you want to give the patch a try, you are of course encouraged to do > so. With the patch, I get LINK UP/DOWN messages. Thanks, /Mikko
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