Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:20:06 GMT From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/115054: NTP errors out on startup but restart of NTP fixes problem Message-ID: <200708011220.l71CK6ed031428@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/115054; it has been noted by GNATS. From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: "Chauncey N. Menefee" <cmenefee@prism-grp.com>, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-i386@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/115054: NTP errors out on startup but restart of NTP fixes problem Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:00:35 +0200 Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> writes: > Several versions of FreeBSD have annoying behaviouor for network > startup, involving the network not actually being up when ifconfig > returns and subsequent different mishandling of this by various > utilities. [...] > This problem seems to get worse with each release of FreeBSD and/or > with newer NICs. I never noticed fxp or even ed or rl NICs. Now it > is barely noticeable with fxp and very noticeable with sk, bge and em > NICs. I have never seen this with any of the cards I've used (xl, fxp, rl, re, sis, bge, sk, msk and probably others, in no particular order). Perhaps there is a hardware issue involved? Does the problem occur if you hardcode the link speed instead of relying on autonegotiation? DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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