Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:40:46 +0200 From: Martin <nakal@web.de> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying Message-ID: <20080802224046.3b547283@web.de> In-Reply-To: <20080802125553.d9c83a55.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20080801142005.473c17ca@zelda.local> <20080801124224.GA17183@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080802070015.7f64c862@web.de> <20080802125553.d9c83a55.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:55:53 +0200 Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote: > Just to be sure: also if the first command you try on the interface is > 'ifconfig up'? Hello Torfinn, good point, no. The problem appears when the first thing called on this interface is dhclient (caused by ifconfig_em0="DHCP"). I could also provoke this behavior after the interface was once up had an IP and was working (ping). All I need to do is to disconnect the NIC from the switch when I type "/etc/rc.d/netif restart". I have noticed further strange effects here. The behavior seems to be even more complex. After I typed "/etc/rc.d/netif restart", I waited until I get "giving up" message. Then I plugged the cable in. After about 30 seconds the link LED was on. I noticed that at this point I couldn't get an address using DHCP. So I disconnected physically the NIC (no cable) and link LED was still on! ifconfig showed me "state: active" with no cable plugged in. After further 30 seconds the LED went off. I attached the NIC again to the switch again and after 30 seconds again I got some other effect. The link LED went on (status: active) and the data LED was permanently blinking (about 2,5 times a second). I pulled the cable again and now the link LED is still on and the data LED still blinking (since about 10 minutes already). By the way... Now I'm typing this E-Mail without an ethernet cable plugged in and the link status LED is still on and the other data LED is blinking. -- Martin
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