From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 17:18:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9151A1065672 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:18:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 186618FC0C for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:18:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so2851114fgb.35 for ; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:18:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=5KNd/GM4WQAn7OKnuulDh0kRSj6t5PHYqIrdPRDYjn8=; b=UYN/ZjV+6WS3K8DsQudWjEaIblagJI6gvPVjgaYnhppwCQka1qi4JFEejP3FFJAdFO 0BnfqocNmju4/VONn+530FK+V2BNvH0J8CFjcTxm4kpbUw395vGHgCX5HOsVNFz7Vygv jHQj27mRhxsT7led1uFq0vqXyPk1QinV399nw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=NKu3ACZT3jUlWlIKnzpr6+EMvv8Rb3O2Ywp7mtm/cv80ilUN4XRK1k9yXtitgKmkeJ 1YYann3A3V414D9Gd3oK95AFo1cYKeiJO8mTc98VtgMV/JMFJXZ7gllGFI6x3ObJ87SZ BHKcYp1PBGVOE37x7Gj+tPXBA9WkRMRDmj4uY= Received: by 10.125.92.4 with SMTP id u4mr735030mkl.94.1217870330651; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:18:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.125.74.17 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:18:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2a41acea0808041018nc60b3uf53d2e898a73d9a9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:18:50 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" To: Martin In-Reply-To: <20080804174458.4dda8369@zelda.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080801142005.473c17ca@zelda.local> <20080801154208.W6085@fledge.watson.org> <2a41acea0808010924u22603c61p10e47237fad5b6fb@mail.gmail.com> <20080802064727.042d5e3d@web.de> <2a41acea0808021034g588fdc77w50797f473e8809b0@mail.gmail.com> <20080804113448.0a4b3991@zelda.local> <20080804102307.GA28928@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080804125138.59ed0252@zelda.local> <20080804174458.4dda8369@zelda.local> Cc: jfv@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick , Robert Watson Subject: Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:18:52 -0000 The focus here on the laptop distracted me, but someone else at work reminded me. Its very important that you run the EEPROM fix for the 82573 that i posted a long while back, search in email archive for it. Its a DOS executable that will patch your EEPROM. I am not sure if the Lenova's need it, but get it, run it, and then see if your problem goes away. Jack On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Martin wrote: > Am Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:51:38 +0200 > schrieb Martin : > >> I'm trying some other things here. Before you waste time on >> PEBKAC problems ;) (which I now suspect to be). Let me try to install >> the latest GENERIC on my laptop first. > > I've build fresh world and then kernel (GENERIC configuration), I also > removed everything from rc.conf except host name assignment, and > ifconfig_re0="DHCP". I have still same effect as described before. > > Booting without ethernet cable will prevent me to get link "status: > active" on em(4), when I try to use it later. > > GENERIC from FreeBSD 7.0 CD installation works fine. I checked it > again. I can boot without cable in my NIC, "try" to assign an IP using > DHCP and then plug the cable in and I have link. > > Is there a difference how /etc/rc.d/netif handles a NIC with DHCP and > how the installation CD is handling it? > > Once again, steps to reproduce this behavior: > > 1) Power the laptop OFF. Really OFF, I mean. No reboots! > 2) Detach the cable from NIC. > 3) Boot FreeBSD. Let it pass the DHCP phase (ifconfig_em0="DHCP") until > login appears. > 4) Attach the cable to the NIC. > 5) Voila... no link. > > -- > Martin >