From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 5 18:29:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1523416A444 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:29:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roth@droopy.unibe.ch) Received: from mailhub04.unibe.ch (mailhub04.unibe.ch [130.92.9.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8915043D46 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:29:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roth@droopy.unibe.ch) Received: from localhost (scanhub01-eth0.unibe.ch [130.92.254.65]) by mailhub04.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id F09C61C2DF for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:29:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from mailhub04.unibe.ch ([130.92.9.71]) by localhost (scanhub01.unibe.ch [130.92.254.65]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 06373-01-21 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:29:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from asterix.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub04.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id D56D81BF0E for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:29:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from droopy.unibe.ch (droopy [130.92.64.20]) by asterix.unibe.ch (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k15ITo8Z029454 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:29:50 +0100 (MET) Received: (from roth@localhost) by droopy.unibe.ch (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id k15IToZS026004 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:29:50 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:29:50 +0100 From: Tobias Roth To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060205182950.GA25977@droopy.unibe.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-message-flag: Warning! Using Outlook is insecure and promotes virus distribution. Please use a different email client. X-Virus-checked: by University of Berne Subject: bge0 odd startup behaviour X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:29:55 -0000 Hi I noticed something that confuses me. During system startup and the rc.d/ sequence, I get the following message: bge0: link state changed to DOWN To diagnose this, I put an 'ifconfig bge0' at the beginning of the first rc.d script that is executed, and indeed that triggered the message. During normal startup, the message appears during interface configuration, but the link goes then back up almost immediately, so this this this has no negative impact on startup. The short time it takes from going DOWN and then back UP has the possibility to confuse rc.d/ scripts that try to check whether an interface has a carrier by looking at the output of ifconfig bge0. Is what I described above normal? Does it happen with other drivers too? Or did I find a bug? I'll try to check with -current as soon as I can install it on this machine. I am using FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #15: Tue Jan 31 21:25:42 CET 2006 Thanks, Tobias