From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 23 16:27:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 834961065678 for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:27:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from artemb@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13C758FC0A for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:27:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyi40 with SMTP id 40so7008977wyi.13 for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:27:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=IuGV51HQJeiDoF0WvJa0XKRm1py8n3qHEG9TOfZSZrE=; b=gb+2Uvi+fxLzyH8ezQd0S3vBIqijRbCm8z6jOdDTkoF+H4F0M2RR38U/CQ4QH7bH8V fF62r96G9ThRycXOeBsYfwFVGLTqYAv61u1Jvj8znDbO+rpnRuu7y9nckD4osodOmxZf xDUQWj8lSRGvfGtcxlAlR/G453Sy6umjyGmeI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.37.210 with SMTP id y18mr2438419wbd.15.1319387245835; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:27:25 -0700 (PDT) Sender: artemb@gmail.com Received: by 10.227.178.67 with HTTP; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:27:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4EA438B2.5030809@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4ea18916.IBAr0lF5RCzEYn6G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4EA438B2.5030809@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:27:25 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: bRJTftlO3-yzWc-Lose62FYi_pc Message-ID: From: Artem Belevich To: Matthew Seaman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1 xl + dual-speed Netgear hub = yoyo 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, 23 Oct 2011 16:27:27 -0000 On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On the other hand, for anything Gb capable nowadays connected to a > switch autoneg pretty much just works -- em(4), bce(4) are excellent, > and even re(4) gets this stuff right. There are still cases of incompatibility. I've got a cheap D-Link GigE switch that consistently autonegotiates bge(4) devices to 100/FD unless I force mastership on the NIC end with 'ifconfig bge0 link0'. em(4) device negotiates with the switch just fine, though. --Artem