Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 21:46:31 +0200 From: "Wafa M. Hadidi" <wmmh@identd.net> To: Jason Mann <jason-freebsdlists@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hme driver acting strangely Message-ID: <200403052146.33810.wmmh@identd.net> In-Reply-To: <20040305192155.GD47394@beastie.b0rken.org> References: <20040305164638.GA47394@beastie.b0rken.org> <20040305105639.K470@light.sdf.com> <20040305192155.GD47394@beastie.b0rken.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, On Friday 05 March 2004 21:21, Jason Mann wrote: > I have further information on this issue now. > > I've just fitted a Sun qfe card to the machine, and the 4 ports are > detected as hme2 thru hme5. > > This card does appear to negotiate full-duplex mode with the switch, and my > services can still listen on udp ports on that interface when it is in this > mode. > > If I try forcing full-duplex, the problem comes back. > > So, to summarise: > > - Old hme's won't auto negotiate, confirming Tom's comment. Only way to get > them in full-duplex mode is to force it. I am running FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #0: Mon Jan 12 09:04:03 EET 2004 on an Ultra60 box with a built-in Happy Meal NIC. It auto-negotiates "100baseTX full-duplex", UDP services are working fine also. > > - New hme's/qfe's DO auto negotiate, so theres no need to force them to > full-duplex. > > - Any time you force full-duplex on an hme driven interface, udp ports > can't be listened on. I just had a test, I enforced the full-duplex and restarted bind, it also worked just fine. > > So, it's not a problem for me anymore, but theres still something odd going > on. > > Regards, > > Jason good luck, - - Wafa - -- Wafa M. Hadidi | ITUniversity - Jordan Technical Lead | Phone: +962-6-5693251 RHCE, RHCX, SCSA, SCNA | Fax:+962-6-5655266 PGP Key: 0xD4CE9796 fpr: 1D5B C0DB 7055 FC7F 0315 BD72 5C2A 6326 D4CE 9796 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFASNkYXCpjJtTOl5YRAt1BAJ9X5iiOGaeQCPDJdhUx0eLZAsP0cQCgr2lZ qNpBtcvTpEMigCxfjzZcQKk= =qXjd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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