From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 28 23:55:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 49F9816A410 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB98444419 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:52:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.1/8.13.4) id k5SMqecM014513; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:52:40 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:52:40 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: User Freebsd Message-ID: <20060628225239.GA93265@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20060628185426.M43909@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060628185426.M43909@ganymede.hub.org> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em device hangs on ifconfig alias ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:55:23 -0000 In the last episode (Jun 28), User Freebsd said: > has anyone figured out why the em device 'hangs' for about 30-45 > seconds whenever you ifconfig alias a new IP on to the device? The em driver resets the card when you add an IP to it, and unless you've configured your switch not to autodetect fancy features on that port, it may very well take 45 seconds for it to come up. See: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/12.html Using PortFast and Other Commands to Fix Workstation Startup Connectivity Delays -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com