Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:05:29 +0100 (CET) From: "Julien Gabel" <jpeg@thilelli.net> To: "Hans Nieser" <hans@nieser.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: re0: 2 link states coalesced. Message-ID: <62280.192.168.1.12.1138140329.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <43D69B06.4060208@nieser.net> References: <43D69B06.4060208@nieser.net>
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Hello Hans, > I have a problem with my RTL8169 Gigabit NIC built into my (apparently > very uncommon) Clevo D41EV laptop. At boot, when netif tries to set up the > interface, I get a lot of these messages: > > > re0: 2 link states coalesced > > re0: link state changed to DOWN > > re0: 2 link states coalesced > > re0: link state changed to DOWN > > re0: 2 link states coalesced > > re0: link state changed to DOWN > > At some point the interface will go UP just at the right time (?) and gets > configured by dhclient succesfully. Once that is done it seems to works > fine, giving me 10-11 MiB/s throughput on a 100mbit link. > > At first I didn't consider it a real problem, but now that I am trying to > take my laptop into daily use I am becoming increasingly annoyed by having > to wait 3 to 6 minutes for the NIC to go 'UP' during the boot process. > > Here's how the NIC is identified in pciconf -lv: > > > re0@pci0:10:0: class=0x020000 card=0x08001558 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10 > > hdr=0x00 > > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > > device = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter' > > class = network > > subclass = ethernet > > This is all on a fresh installation of FreeBSD-6.0-RELEASE updated to p3. > I have the full dmesg log and pciconf output attached (and mirrored at > http://www.nieser.net/files/re-problem/ incase the attachments don't come > through). Does anyone know what causes this, and possibly the solution? > Should I file a PR for this? I filled one a year ago, for the very same problem (encountered for two years now). See Problem Report kern/80005 for more information. I think that another user (Emmanuel Duros) tried to speak with Realtek on that point, not sure if there is feedback on it though... Sorry not to have better news. -- -jpeg.
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