Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:26:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: kama <kama@pvp.se> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with bge and cisco gbic-t sfp Message-ID: <20050408102436.L63303@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20050407150846.N48554@ns1.as.pvp.se> References: <20050407150846.N48554@ns1.as.pvp.se>
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On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, kama wrote: > I have a problem with the connection between my bge card and a cisco 7609 > with a gbic-t sfp. > > uname > 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Tue Apr 5 11:21:17 CEST 2005. > > dmesg > bge0: <Broadcom BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x1002> mem > 0xf7df0000-0xf7dfffff irq 29 at device 1.0 on pci2 > miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0 > brgphy0: <BCM5703 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus0 > brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, > 1000baseTX-FDX, auto > bge0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:9d:93:f1:dd > > ifconfig > bge0: flags=9843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=1a<TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING> > inet X.X.X.X netmask 0xfffffffc broadcast X.X.X.X > ether 00:0d:9d:93:f1:dd > media: Ethernet 1000baseTX <full-duplex> > status: active > > When I run ifconfig repeatitly I get strange answers on media. > > media: Ethernet 1000baseTX <full-duplex> (10GBASE-SR <full-duplex>) > media: Ethernet 1000baseTX <full-duplex> (10baseT <half-duplex>) > ... > > Sometimes the status changes to none and back to active. > > On the other end I get nothing... The interface looks like its up and > everything is OK. But it does not recognise the up and down as I see the > status. I can reboot the system without it noticing anything. I dont think > its a problem with the cisco hardware, but a bge driver issue or something > related to the driver, like mii. The cables are CAT-6. The GBIC-T can only > run at 1000base-T. > > I have other servers connected through an older and bigger GBIC-T and I > cant find any problems on those. But they are running FreeBSD 4.x and not > 5.x Try these, in order: 1. Replace the cables. 2. Force the media types on both ends. Ciscos are famously picky about autoneg. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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