Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:31:24 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: "Markus Vervier" <markus@vervier.info> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying Message-ID: <2a41acea0808081131m1eddc4caib0963c8a5443afd2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <489C88DB.6030000@vervier.info> References: <489C4129.4090303@vervier.info> <2a41acea0808080936n589e277ao33ec08a75fdcbac2@mail.gmail.com> <489C88DB.6030000@vervier.info>
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OK, I just got access to a machine, am going to install and see if I can repro this this afternoon. Jack On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Markus Vervier <markus@vervier.info> wrote: > Jack Vogel schrieb: >> >> "me too" 's are of little help. Please elaborate on your "exact same", >> since >> each person's perception will be slightly different. >> >> > > Hi Jack, > > maybe read it like: Thinkpad X60 1706GMG affected too, so the problem is not > specific to Martins machine. > > I can write the same steps to reproduce the behaviour as Martin here: > > <--> > Once again, steps to reproduce this behavior: > 1) Power the laptop OFF. Really OFF, I mean. No reboots! > 2) Detach the cable from NIC. > 3) Boot FreeBSD. Let it pass the DHCP phase (ifconfig_em0="DHCP") until > login appears. > 4) Attach the cable to the NIC. > 5) Voila... no link. > <--> > > My perception is that if the em driver gets loaded without a cable being > plugged in, no link can be established. > I can workaround the problem when em was not build into the kernel, by > unloading the em-kmod and reloading it > again with the cable plugged in. If the cable is not plugged in the > interface will always stay in state "no carrier". > The NIC works fine under Windows / Linux on the same machine. > > -- > Markus > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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