Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:43:44 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Markus Vervier <markus@vervier.info> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying Message-ID: <20080813194344.GA16905@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <48A2B1CB.7060303@vervier.info> 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>
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:04:59PM +0200, 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 This wasn't the procedure I was following when I did testing on my T60p widescreen -- I was booting with the cable connected. I'll have to try the above procedure tonight, although it may be wasted effort as Jack was able to repro it on an X60. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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