Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:24:50 -0400 From: Alexander Sack <pisymbol@gmail.com> To: Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Dual-rate transceivers with ixgbe? Message-ID: <AANLkTim5Ao9nSh6T6HF7NztLgvbTzxuVyr8lSXAJ7bMo@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTil_YRvU54qHtIMO7mP4yYjojeHVrCHaRcl2K2Ug@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinO9NZ8F9TeS68I2ULQgdlMGzlXkinCsywWosAM@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinS607kd3wc3F2WWmA6Zk9KL4GhscxEHPtcvxA5@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimkxOn9h6SAkTPDqfUM9kl2CZiFrZC_BuNDfRyB@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikcQMXk8UebmaynOeeInGiwx8yr0NMGE1yJfm8u@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTil_YRvU54qHtIMO7mP4yYjojeHVrCHaRcl2K2Ug@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 19:56, Alexander Sack <pisymbol@gmail.com> wrote: >> $ ifconfig ix1 >> ix1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > You need to bring the interface up in order for the SFP configuration to occur. I am little bit confused: What's different with the ixgbe(4) than em(4)? i.e. My second em(4) interface auto-negotiates properly on boot up, why shouldn't ixgbe without having to do an additional ifconfig down/up cycle? (my ifconfig output above might be a little off since I was debugging my SFP issues). -aps
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