Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 22:57:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Julian Stacey Jhs <jhs@berklix.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: jhs@berklix.com Subject: kern/115284: bug in nve driver, document it. Message-ID: <200708072057.l77Kv4Xd062291@fire.js.berklix.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200708072140.l77Le16n049117@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 115284 >Category: kern >Synopsis: bug in nve driver, document it. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Aug 07 21:40:00 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Julian Stacey jhs@berklix.com >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE i386 >Organization: http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/ >Environment: System: FreeBSD fire.js.berklix.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jun 20 12:09:48 CEST 2007 jhs@laps.js.berklix.net:/usr1/6.2-RELEASE/src/sys/i386/compile/FIRE32.small i386 Note I've also tested this on yesterday's src-6 stable & same there. >Description: nve0: ifconfig shows a false setting of 10baseT/UTP >How-To-Repeat: Connect a main board with this chip to a 100M switch, eg Netgear 100M Note my board belongs to a customer, on short term loan, if anyone has a fix or test they want me to run, best be quick please. >Fix: Document it as per appended diff. ------------------ http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/share/man/man4/nve.4.REL=all.diff See Also: http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/jhs/sys/net/nve_if_media.h.REL=all.diff.ignore /sys/contrib/dev/nve/ /sys/dev/nve/ /sys/modules/nve/ by jhs@berklix 2007.08 for FreeBSD-6.2-RELEASE & 6-stable Hardware test platform: Fujitsu Siemens mainboard *** FreeBSD-6.2-RELEASE/src/share/man/man4/nve.4 Mon Aug 6 17:19:54 2007 --- new/src/share/man/man4/nve.4 Tue Aug 7 11:39:03 2007 *************** *** 72,77 **** --- 72,84 ---- Set 10Mbps operation. .It Cm 100baseTX Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation. + .It Cm 1000baseTX + Set 1000Mbps (Gigaherz Ethernet) operation. + .br + (If hardware supports it.) + .\" 1000M bandwidth test not yet run by jhs@berklix for nve on main board + .\" A26361-D2000-Z120-1-7419 + .\" http://support.fujitsu-siemens.com/Manuals/ShowDescription_KMT.asp?DokuID=200449 .El .Pp The *************** *** 111,116 **** --- 118,130 ---- .It "nve%d: device timeout" The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable). + .El + .Sh BUGS + If in autoselect mode: Hardware automatically adapts to 10M hub or + 100M switch, but on a 100M switch \" (Netgear or another make), + ifconfig shows a false setting of 10baseT/UTP (& not 100baseTX), + (although both an ftp test of bandwidth, & right LED on nve interface + prove 100 Mbit/s bandwidth is automatically in operation.) .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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