Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:17:31 +0330 From: h bagade <bagadeh@gmail.com> To: Dave Duchscher <daved@tamu.edu> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to completely makes an interface down? Message-ID: <CAARSjE2vz3Zkt0-_EBG6NtAoUVrg%2Bi2LbpikzREH8B35%2BE%2BNRA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6D4FA861-037E-48EA-BE87-70808FB28D82@tamu.edu> References: <CAARSjE0-pFR0yf7xbycPkjrZCvokGp=r7Ls=HeP83t60nhGVVg@mail.gmail.com> <20130124195056.GB1410@funkthat.com> <CAARSjE1qZcn0AiMiU5L8Bd0SVFM=f0VvKxMgor56naNFt46hug@mail.gmail.com> <CAFOYbc=HRqPN_3To7o_LomPRLG%2BoFnLBtVQv3U=df8D=FePViw@mail.gmail.com> <CAARSjE2NWC0JsibYb0Vp6A1d67L6-houfB8DWWhr_rEzd4iPpw@mail.gmail.com> <6D4FA861-037E-48EA-BE87-70808FB28D82@tamu.edu>
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On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Dave Duchscher <daved@tamu.edu> wrote: > On Jan 26, 2013, at 7:05 AM, h bagade wrote: > > > I've found a patch which is going to do what I really want: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2010-December/027196.html > > > > but when I apply it on my freebsd 8.2 with em cards, nothing happens! not > > even sysctl "dev.em.X.down_disables_link", which is supposed to be added > > after applying patch, exists! what wrong with what I've done? > > Not sure. I would make sure that your new kernel is the kernel that is > being used. We use a different kernel configuration file so that a > simple uname command tells us that the right kernel is installed. > > We use that patch here with 8.3 and it works as advertised. I do wish > there was a way to drop the link of the port without kernel mods. > Understandably with the out of band management protocols, the internal > interfaces really like to keep link alive so you can connect to the > system's management console, do wake on lan, etc. > > -- > DaveD > > I gradually apply the patch and it works:) Thanks all.
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