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Date:      Sat, 3 Apr 2010 23:59:36 -0800
From:      Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   network card issue; constantly up / down
Message-ID:  <20100404075936.GA37292@alucard.int.rhavenn.net>

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Hey List,

I just re-installed FreeBSD 8-stable on my laptop and everytime I
have network traffic, even something as innocuous as a ssh shell
with a large section of scrolling text, the interface keeps
flapping up and down. I've had FreeBSD 8 installed on here before
and I don't remember it doing that, but I could be mistaken.
However, I just noticed it again. I was running Gentoo and it had no
issue.

os install: freebsd8-stable i386 (from 4/2/2010)
kernel: generic with snd_hda, pf sections and atapicam added

/var/log/message shows:
Apr  3 23:45:23 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to DOWN
Apr  3 23:45:25 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to UP
Apr  3 23:45:28 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to DOWN
Apr  3 23:45:30 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to UP
Apr  3 23:45:36 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to DOWN
Apr  3 23:45:38 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to UP
..... ad nauseum

It's using a PCMCIA PC-card because I jacked the pins on my
built-in ethernet device.

pciconf -v:
cbb0@pci0:8:6:0:	class=0x060700 card=0x30a5103c chip=0x8039104c rev=0x00 hdr=0x02
	vendor     = 'Texas Instruments (TI)'
	device     = 'PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller'
	class      = bridge
	subclass   = PCI-CardBus

dmesg for the ethernet device:
ed0: <Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Integrated PC Card (PCM100)> at port 0x100-0x11f irq 18 function 0 config 16 on pccard0
ed0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ed0: Ethernet address: 00:04:5a:a1:59:c3
miibus1: <MII bus> on ed0
nsphyter0: <DP83815 10/100 media interface> PHY 5 on miibus1
nsphyter0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
ed0: [ITHREAD]


Is the "using obsoleted if_watchdog interface" something that should
really be worried about? Is this a driver issue with the card or the
cardbus controller? Any tweaks to sysctly or anything else specific
I could try? Any more info needed?


Thanks.

Henrik
-- 
Henrik Hudson
lists@rhavenn.net
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"God, root, what is difference?" Pitr; UF 




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