From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 15:22:38 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 4599E1065675 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:22:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 031968FC14 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:22:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h27so23996wxd.7 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:22:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=P3nGh8VXDkrlrGIdw1TI3Ay6vVQU21ltHp+RYds41WA=; b=D4uCXDnFQm5N426ukhM9urTpjCvwEjiO5dvsYnDLUGFKdVJi0zudt3t8L5KGXYrWZE CLA7SPbRP5+zuzcpMXHpL38CqEpyucQ+SSKAzdk0YbRptYO0xJ2/uky1dPgdP7qUzHPA 8QdpxM74CwgYXR85G/+MTf5jZ8JpOXEKTOvY8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Nii2Q5iCh0bml51YFZ2bsKxarkmeuqPbZsQU+nhzSBlyqtBofHCHyN/TwXREA1aVlD 6EfWGJxD7YgyuoFDUNiiJmB9Mlhm/c7PsFhXAoQGwx1X/TVfsfJF9X/uJKlhZp5w8C6j puEznb2UcFmA5T2d8X77t4m/eUeVS/99dOITs= Received: by 10.90.84.2 with SMTP id h2mr33855agb.10.1218640956427; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:22:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.43.1 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:22:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2a41acea0808130822i5f336b1ci15099f27a3a7c13d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:22:36 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "Markus Vervier" In-Reply-To: <48A2B1CB.7060303@vervier.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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> <48A2B1CB.7060303@vervier.info> 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 15:22:38 -0000 On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 3:04 AM, Markus Vervier wrote: > 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 Hmmm, well let me see if I can get ahold of an X60. Jack