Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 19:22:25 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> To: Jonathan Feally <vulture@netvulture.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bge and "no carrier" on IBM Blade 8843L1U Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0605051915500.13866@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> In-Reply-To: <445C065D.8010806@netvulture.com> References: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0605051216070.13866@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <445C065D.8010806@netvulture.com>
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On Fri, 5 May 2006, Jonathan Feally wrote: > Why whould you want to use that kernel option? I was told it was broken without the option also. I was told that ifconfig said "no carrier" with the default GENERIC kernel (while it worked fine with CentOS). (Since it doesn't have network access and I am 1800 miles away, I can not easily check. I am relaying messages.) > I don't see that it is a requirement on the blade how-to. My guess is > you haven't specifically set the interface to a media speed and duplex > as the option indicates to me that the driver would not attempt auto > negotiation. If the option is not required - lose it - otherwise try > adding a media option to your ifconfig. Thanks. We'll give that a try. (I now recall that I had to do that with bge on some other hardware over a year ago.) Jeremy C. Reed
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