Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:10:37 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: "Markus Vervier" <markus@vervier.info> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying Message-ID: <2a41acea0808131210r6371b532i93f1ae6963d1f1b9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0808130822i5f336b1ci15099f27a3a7c13d@mail.gmail.com> References: <489C4129.4090303@vervier.info> <489C88DB.6030000@vervier.info> <2a41acea0808081131m1eddc4caib0963c8a5443afd2@mail.gmail.com> <200808110819.53914.josh@tcbug.org> <20080811140249.GA27379@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <2a41acea0808110928h10d54441o7d49b11a60406934@mail.gmail.com> <48A0A1D9.8030601@vervier.info> <2a41acea0808111340o7b506804u9e4c95f1af22b95c@mail.gmail.com> <48A2B1CB.7060303@vervier.info> <2a41acea0808130822i5f336b1ci15099f27a3a7c13d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 3:04 AM, Markus Vervier <markus@vervier.info> wrote: >> Jack Vogel wrote: >>> >>> I didn't mean the NIC EEPROM, but the system BIOS, make sure you are >>> running the version that Jeremy said he was, if that matches you might go >>> look at settings in the BIOS that are about management. >>> >> I'm now running the latest BIOS for my X60 version 2.22 with the same >> results. Jeremy runs version 1.15 but on a T60. >>> >>> I thought you told us that when you had a back to back connection that it >>> worked, no?? >> >> Sorry, it does not work when having a b2b connection, never said that. But I >> noticed another thing: >> >> It is important that the device was up without a cable connected: >> >> 1. power off completely >> 2. boot freebsd without a cable connected >> 3. in a rootshell do ifconfig em0 up >> 4. connect the cable >> 5. no link > > Hmmm, well let me see if I can get ahold of an X60. > > Jack > Markus, I have reproduced the problem, you are correct. Thank you for persisting thru my doubts :) There is a flip side to the problem, once the interface is up and active, if you remove the cable it never shows inactive :( It must be some interrupt handling/media status issue, I'll be looking into a fix this afternoon. OH, I should note that as long as you put in a cable before you ifconfig up its fine so its not that hard to work around the issue. Stay tuned.... Jack
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