Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:31:56 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Cristiano Deana <cristiano.deana@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bce: unable to fix media Message-ID: <20090303123156.GC84434@michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <d8a4930a0903030202u5e965e3o9a630529de375f8d@mail.gmail.com> References: <d8a4930a0903030202u5e965e3o9a630529de375f8d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:02:13AM +0100, Cristiano Deana wrote: > Hi, > > tuning my network fixing nic's speed and duplex (both on server and > switch) i got this error with bce driver: > > # ifconfig bce0 > bce0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > options=1bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4> > ether 00:15:c5:fe:11:01 > inet 192.168.1.13 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseSX <full-duplex>) > status: active > # ifconfig bce0 media 1000baseSX > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured > I don't have experience on bce(4) hardwares so I'm not sure but how about adding full-duplex? e.g. ifconfig bce0 media 1000baseSX mediaopt full-duplex For gigabit connections you should always use auto-negotiation. There is no need to manually specify link speed/duplex except connecting to broken link partners. > or (according to bce(4)): > > # ifconfig bce0 media 1000baseTX > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured > I guess your PHY type is not for 1000baseT. That's not valid option for your controller. > system: > # uname -rsm > FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64 > > bce0@pci0:6:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x01bb1028 chip=0x16ac14e4 > rev=0x12 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > device = 'NetXtreme II BCM5708S Gigabit Ethernet' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > bce0: <Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-SX (B2)> mem > 0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci6 > miibus0: <MII bus> on bce0 > brgphy0: <BCM5708S 1000/2500BaseSX PHY> PHY 2 on miibus0 > brgphy0: 1000baseSX-FDX, auto > bce0: Ethernet address: 00:15:c5:fe:0f:c6 > bce0: [ITHREAD] > bce0: ASIC (0x57081021); Rev (B2); Bus (PCI-X, 64-bit, 133MHz); F/W
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