From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Apr  8 17:26:16 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A0D16A4CE
	for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>;
	Fri,  8 Apr 2005 17:26:16 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD0A43D1D
	for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>;
	Fri,  8 Apr 2005 17:26:16 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com)
Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000)
	id 047A472DDF; Fri,  8 Apr 2005 10:26:16 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01C7172DDD;
	Fri,  8 Apr 2005 10:26:15 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:26:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To: kama <kama@pvp.se>
In-Reply-To: <20050407150846.N48554@ns1.as.pvp.se>
Message-ID: <20050408102436.L63303@carver.gumbysoft.com>
References: <20050407150846.N48554@ns1.as.pvp.se>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: problems with bge and cisco gbic-t sfp
X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code
	<freebsd-stable.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>,
	<mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>,
	<mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:26:16 -0000

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