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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Call for bfe(4) testers
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I investigated a bug/missing feature in the bfe(4) driver, which makes
> it not see any LINK DOWN events unless you happen to invoke ifconfig.
>
> If you are running bfe hardware, *please* test the following (NO
> PATCHING OR REBOOTING REQUIRED)
>
> 1. Plug in ethernet cable
> 2. Watch dmesg/syslogd for the LINK UP message
> 3. Remove the cable
> 4. Do you see a LINK DOWN message? Does it appear after you issue
> 'ifconfig'?
>
> Please run these simple steps and report back to me, if you get the LINK
> DOWN message or not and which hardware you are running. For reference,
> mine is a BCM4401, card=0x81271028 chip=0x440114e4 rev=0x01.

No link notifications until I run "ifconfig".

bfe0@pci2:5:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x018d1028 chip=0x170c14e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00

> If you want to give the patch a try, you are of course encouraged to do
> so.

With the patch, I get LINK UP/DOWN messages.

   Thanks,
   /Mikko