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Date:      Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:40:25 +0300
From:      Niki Denev <nike_d@cytexbg.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Default route doesn't change to wireless device (ath0)
Message-ID:  <43205B69.4050508@cytexbg.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050908150412.GA31354@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 01:11:38AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> 
>>In message: <20050907211811.GA19570@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
>>            Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> writes:
>>: Hmm, upon further testing, I think there may be a problem with the
>>: fxp(4) driver.
>>
>>You mean like the driver never asynchronously querries the miibus to
>>find out what the state of the link is when it isn't in the UP state?
> 
> 
> I certainly see that on the em nics on my laptop and I've heard claims
> of a similar problems with fxp nics.  I don't see it with other em
> nics.  Sam reports that it seems to be a bug specific to the em hardware
> in thinkpads.  That's not the only issue in this case, but it's one of
> them.
> 

I've experienced the same problem with the fxp nic on my thinkpad.

> I suspect think we may need to poll the media state periodicly on
> some devices and fake up link state notifications as a workaround for
> incorrect drivers.
> 
> -- Brooks
> 

--niki



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