Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:02:04 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: should looking at an interface with 'ifconfig' trigger a change ? Message-ID: <20080812010204.GA54362@cdnetworks.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <E1KSX3b-0004H8-H2@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> References: <20080808101831.GD38118@cdnetworks.co.kr> <E1KSX3b-0004H8-H2@dilbert.ticketswitch.com>
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 02:03:31PM +0100, Pete French wrote: > Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> wrote: > > Try attached patch and check whether bce(4) correctly reports link > > state changes. > > > > After seeing 'link state changed to UP' message, unplug the cable > > and see whether it reports link DOWN. The message should be printed > > in a second. Also try replugging cable and you should see link UP > > message within several seconds. Since auto-negotation takes more > > time you may have to wait for a while. > > I do not have phsyical access to the machine, so I did this using > a sutdown of the interface on the sitch - but yes, it works! This fixes > the progem with lagg as well - it now fails over to the other interface > properly. > > Such a simple patch - if this has no ill effects then I will deploy it > on al our servers,m and hope for it to be committed soon. All new HP > servers appear to come with bce interfaces, so this is an importnat fix > for us, and probably a lot of other people too. Thanks. > Thanks for testing! Patch committed to HEAD with svn r181619. > -pete. -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon
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