From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 21 00:09:17 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3BA916A403 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:09:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hostmaster@Infra-Service.ca) Received: from server.Infra-service.ca (uu.gts.org [204.138.67.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C217213C4B0 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:09:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hostmaster@Infra-Service.ca) Received: from localhost by mail.infra-service.ca via sendmail with STDIO (/R:bind_hosts/T:inet_zone_bind_smtp/dest:remote) id (2131 bytes from ident using UNIX) for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:09:13 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.122-Pre 2005-Nov-17 #2; built 2006-May-8) Message-Id: From: Infraservice hostmaster To: kris@obsecurity.org (Kris Kennaway) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:09:13 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20070320222934.GA19059@xor.obsecurity.org> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/110561 "em" driver shuts down interface when "ifconfig media 100baseTX" is invoked X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:09:17 -0000 | | On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 07:40:10AM +0000, Infraservice hostmaster wrote: | > The following reply was made to PR kern/110561; it has been noted by GNATS. | > | > From: Infraservice hostmaster | > To: bug-followup@freebsd.org | > Cc: | > Subject: Re: kern/110561 "em" driver shuts down interface when "ifconfig media 100baseTX" is invoked | > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:31:54 -0400 (EDT) | > | > | | > | Synopsis: :"em" driver shuts down interface when "ifconfig media 100baseTX" is invoked | > | | > | State-Changed-From-To: open->closed | > | State-Changed-By: remko | > | State-Changed-When: Tue Mar 20 06:42:06 UTC 2007 | > | State-Changed-Why: | > | This is not a bug, this is a problem in the negotiation on the other | > | side. If the switch you are attaching to is not supporting the fixed | > | setting of the speed and duplex settings or incorrectly negotiates then | > | this is not a problem of the driver nor the card but a switching | > | problem. Please try to findout FIRST what the real problem is and THEN | > | get back to me if this really is a FreeBSD problem (Discuss this on the | > | networking mailinglist please > | > | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net/). | > | > | > This happens to every interface we tried it on! | | Right, which is consistent with the switch failing to negotiate. wrong, each interface connects to distinctly different devices one is a cisco adsl router, another is a FBSD 6.2 box with an Intel fxp card - it ifconfigs media/mediaopt just fine BTW