Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 18:37:29 +0200 From: Toni Schmidbauer <toni@stderror.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spooky em INTEL PRO 1000 driver? Message-ID: <20030526163729.GU60276@devil.stderror.at> In-Reply-To: <3ED1EFF1.C675DAD2@cvt.dk> References: <OFC43CC0E0.FEA9AD0C-ON48256D2D.00355250@bluewave.com> <3ED1EFF1.C675DAD2@cvt.dk>
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--Efge0/SQAHHP+Pr2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 12:44:01PM +0200, Christoffer Pio wrote: > I am experiencing some spookynes with FreeBSD 4.8 on the IBM > x345 2U machine; the x345 comes with two on-board INTEL 100/1000 mb nics > which uses the em driver. However, whenever I "up" one of the nics, > there is a slight delay of a few seconds before the command > completes, also the nic is not operating in up state yet, > appr. 30 seconds passes before traffic actually can pass > in/out .. It happens regardless if there is a cable attached > to the nic. I find this rather spooky. Has anyone using the > em driver experienced this? Other than being spooky it > causes a problem with the box in question, since syslogd and > other daemons times out at boot-up. could also be the switch config. ports on a cisco switch wait per default a view seconds before they activate the link. you have to disable spanning tree protocol on that port for an instant link. hth, toni --=20 Behandle die Menschen, als w=E4ren sie, was sie sein | toni at stderror dot= at sollten, und du wirst ihnen helfen, zu werden, was | Toni Schmidbauer sie sein k=F6nnen. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | --Efge0/SQAHHP+Pr2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+0kLJu/mjSj7RMocRArd6AJsHQnKjihZQOUVQSs0DID0So81mCQCghe7v VkowXgNREI3lTjoSqHkmp/M= =oQaG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Efge0/SQAHHP+Pr2--
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