Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:29:34 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Infraservice hostmaster <hostmaster@Infra-Service.ca> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/110561 "em" driver shuts down interface when "ifconfig media 100baseTX" is invoked Message-ID: <20070320222934.GA19059@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200703200740.l2K7eAnG040183@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200703200740.l2K7eAnG040183@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 07:40:10AM +0000, Infraservice hostmaster wrote: > The following reply was made to PR kern/110561; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Infraservice hostmaster <hostmaster@Infra-Service.ca> > To: bug-followup@freebsd.org > Cc: > Subject: Re: kern/110561 "em" driver shuts down interface when "ifconfig media 100baseTX" is invoked > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:31:54 -0400 (EDT) > > | > | Synopsis: :"em" driver shuts down interface when "ifconfig media 100baseTX" is invoked > | > | State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > | State-Changed-By: remko > | State-Changed-When: Tue Mar 20 06:42:06 UTC 2007 > | State-Changed-Why: > | This is not a bug, this is a problem in the negotiation on the other > | side. If the switch you are attaching to is not supporting the fixed > | setting of the speed and duplex settings or incorrectly negotiates then > | this is not a problem of the driver nor the card but a switching > | problem. Please try to findout FIRST what the real problem is and THEN > | get back to me if this really is a FreeBSD problem (Discuss this on the > | networking mailinglist please > > | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net/). > > > This happens to every interface we tried it on! Right, which is consistent with the switch failing to negotiate. Kris
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