From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 20 22:29:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B15616A403 for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:29:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A02813C48A for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:29:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DCFD1A3C19; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:29:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 854FF512EA; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:29:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:29:34 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Infraservice hostmaster Message-ID: <20070320222934.GA19059@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200703200740.l2K7eAnG040183@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200703200740.l2K7eAnG040183@freefall.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/110561 "em" driver shuts down interface when "ifconfig media 100baseTX" is invoked X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:29:35 -0000 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 > 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