From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 21 00:20:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 540AF16A404 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:20:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [69.147.83.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0618B13C468 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:20:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l2L0K7GI081573 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:20:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l2L0K7LS081572; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:20:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:20:07 GMT Message-Id: <200703210020.l2L0K7LS081572@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Infraservice hostmaster Cc: 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 Reply-To: Infraservice hostmaster List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:20:08 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/110561; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Infraservice hostmaster To: kris@obsecurity.org (Kris Kennaway) Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/110561 "em" driver shuts down interface when "ifconfig media 100baseTX" is invoked Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:09:13 -0400 (EDT) | | 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