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From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch>
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Subject: Re: bge0 odd startup behaviour
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On Sun, 2006-Feb-05 19:29:50 +0100, Tobias Roth wrote:
>bge0: link state changed to DOWN

And "bge0: link state changed to UP" in the messages file.

>Is what I described above normal?

It seems normal for bge(4).

> Does it happen with other drivers too?

I don't recall seeing it on any other drivers.

> I'll try to check with -current as soon as
>I can install it on this machine.

Same thing happens on -current/amd64 using a
bge0: <Broadcom BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x3003>

>I am using FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #15: Tue Jan 31 21:25:42 CET 2006

You might like to mention what NIC you are using.

-- 
Peter Jeremy