From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 10:05:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 438A2106566B for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:05:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markus@vervier.info) Received: from mail.system360.de (mail.system360.de [84.254.79.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF23B8FC15 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:05:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markus@vervier.info) Received: from localhost (mail [84.254.79.40]) by mail.system360.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DCD5BEA4D; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:15:21 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at system360.de Received: from mail.system360.de ([84.254.79.40]) by localhost (mail.system360.de [84.254.79.40]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MhGSyev0rZkE; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:15:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.2.15] (p5B3963E9.dip.t-dialin.net [91.57.99.233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.system360.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78BBBEA36; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:15:18 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48A2B1CB.7060303@vervier.info> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:04:59 +0200 From: Markus Vervier User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jack Vogel References: <489C4129.4090303@vervier.info> <489C88DB.6030000@vervier.info> <2a41acea0808081131m1eddc4caib0963c8a5443afd2@mail.gmail.com> <200808110819.53914.josh@tcbug.org> <20080811140249.GA27379@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <2a41acea0808110928h10d54441o7d49b11a60406934@mail.gmail.com> <48A0A1D9.8030601@vervier.info> <2a41acea0808111340o7b506804u9e4c95f1af22b95c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0808111340o7b506804u9e4c95f1af22b95c@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:05:02 -0000 Jack Vogel wrote: > > I didn't mean the NIC EEPROM, but the system BIOS, make sure you are > running the version that Jeremy said he was, if that matches you might go > look at settings in the BIOS that are about management. > I'm now running the latest BIOS for my X60 version 2.22 with the same results. Jeremy runs version 1.15 but on a T60. > I thought you told us that when you had a back to back connection that it > worked, no?? Sorry, it does not work when having a b2b connection, never said that. But I noticed another thing: It is important that the device was up without a cable connected: 1. power off completely 2. boot freebsd without a cable connected 3. in a rootshell do ifconfig em0 up 4. connect the cable 5. no link -- Markus