Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 04:30:50 +0400 (MSD) From: Hostas Red <kong@kong.spb.ru> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: strange things: xl driver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980920042547.307N-100000@kong.dorms.spbu.ru> In-Reply-To: <199809191913.PAA19911@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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Hi! On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Bill Paul wrote: > > Hmm... This problem may be not the problem of xl driver. > If the OACTIVE flag is set on the interface, then it probably is. OACTIVE is set, when the interface doesn't work (no buffer space etc), and when it comes to watchdog timeout. > > xl0: <3Com 3c905 Fast Etherlink XL 10/100BaseTX> rev 0x00 int a irq 10 on > > pci0.11.0 > > xl0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:24:d8:a4:81 > > xl0: autoneg not complete, no carrier > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > This implies that the card was not plugged in at the time you > booted the machine. The autoneg code will only set the card's > modes correctly if it says 'autoneg complete.' It ALWAYS says that. My card forced to use 10Base-T/UTP mode by configuration program, not by ifconfig. But everything works. > So now we have more missing information: > > - Does the driver _always_ say 'autoneg not complete' or was this just > a one-time occurance and you happened to just pick this particular > message to show me? Yes, it always says that. And it always plugged into network. > - Have you tried rebooting the machine with the card plugged in? See above. > - Did you try to force the mode to 10Mbps/half duplex with the command > ifconfig xl0 media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt half-duplex? No. > - How do you have the interface configured in /etc/rc.conf? ifconfig_xl0="inet 195.19.252.147 netmask 255.255.255.0" ifconfig_xl0_alias0="inet 10.13 netmask 255.255.255.0" > - What does netstat -in say? Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll xl0 1500 <Link> 00.a0.24.d8.a4.81 77629489 347262 251220 92 54988 xl0 1500 195.19.252 195.19.252.147 77629489 347262 251220 92 54988 xl0 1500 10/24 10.0.0.13 77629489 347262 251220 92 54988 But now it's working. > - Have you tried putting the card in a different slot? (Yes, it can make > a difference.) No. But it anyway forced to use irq10 and so on by bios and config. Adios, /KONG To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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