Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 00:28:52 -0800 From: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, egrosbein@rdtc.ru, mike@sentex.net Subject: Re: Problem with igb(4) updated to version 2.0.7 Message-ID: <AANLkTimk3gg8GSkjQ3Z0TxRa924M33bDoiD_Mp9759ft@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4cf9ef71./9OtjLOA2%2BIV0UUh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <AANLkTimWVJhtu8LrZ_tn0Tdr-vs9PmPnW9SjebT7jnyM@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTik%2B4Ag1HYXDWJvn2fTx6M%2Bpa9o29-A8j6qVRhZ_@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikwcRW%2BdqY=NTSbJsr3daEd-8usPo0Rw%2BhA_D-8@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTin3%2BbCaXoPxTQsvzmqgtpA1zSY8f17Qh-nqymPw@mail.gmail.com> <201011270946271408828@yahoo.com.cn> <AANLkTikG8RJQw%2Bh1SHZPs1cHGrM%2B3LfniZrdLqVoPVtr@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=YjG40%2BDj7471wyv3aeXGJgoL1GC33iNaypsrW@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=LgejYxRXnxLtkvB-Qfp2u%2BtySdriWHfGWPQjL@mail.gmail.com> <20101128081617.GA90332@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <AANLkTinF1fovumkeXxWgaKi_bNiUCnqgWAtdaCaXELzO@mail.gmail.com> <4CF73A2C.7000802@rdtc.ru> <4CF89EE7.8020807@rdtc.ru> <AANLkTi=6N3Rz57YVNF1ZiDGEexnEXWr6oNPz9F=c2GpA@mail.gmail.com> <4CF93A77.30804@rdtc.ru> <4CF9470F.4020709@sentex.net> <4CF947D4.10504@rdtc.ru> <AANLkTin7hfqqwkudNHhrsyS_O7_-PCXffAWT1N85i31f@mail.gmail.com> <4cf9ef71./9OtjLOA2%2BIV0UUh%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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LOL, ya, I have one of those switches that takes that long, a Dell 5224, takes some getting used to when you're used to back to back speeds :) There hasn't been any crying for this feature so I'm disinclined, however if more than 1 or two want it I would reconsider. Jack On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:36 PM, <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote: > > > There are pros and cons either way you do things. I was talking > > to some of our Linux crew, they recently changed things so it > > would shut down the phy, but that doesn't always make everyone > > happy either. > > In particular, depending on the type of switch and how it is > configured, it may take 30 seconds or so after link is restored for > the switch to do spanning-tree validation before it will start to > pass traffic. > > There may be something to be said for making the driver's behavior > configurable. >
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