From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 21 00:49:14 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 0450C16A403 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:49:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 634D813C45D for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:49:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so73711ugh for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:49:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BtWnjCIu4KsMoc2r/KzNkk6t2ObUygqEPhi3KZyCn+Hx7R2Ec866mYxuLmGDiqAGDuSzF+5EKsMNKCjC/PcPeZXwiM5zyC91KOCIIX5+sYkNJKLEw5DuXN1guo8Dl21CpuGnT8RUwDwbRTMhn1ZwGxTJLH+X6P/6lqN+iABRy+w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=oIm7tvVXgEUltTfQC0wOgZva5Nb6e9+bfkzuVzP6jrErFqt3ASbrzguTt5DsErs/zYHWFr2u5F+fW9+YIU7ZKk3S2xLHFFw/UgQXj4pwTenE/nmuwA/NHWr7ZxomjD/cfuDY+firTnoqDtdCwYiAQ3SXE1fj9edfO/B6Iev5EoM= Received: by 10.65.95.12 with SMTP id x12mr381169qbl.1174436562834; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:22:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.103.15 with HTTP; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:22:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2a41acea0703201722l518d0fe1x78d6c0bf903754d2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:22:42 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "Infraservice hostmaster" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070320222934.GA19059@xor.obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway 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 00:49:14 -0000 On 3/20/07, Infraservice hostmaster wrote: > | > | 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 So, if each 'distinctly different device' can't handle forcing the speed then Kris's assertion still holds. Our test group at Intel has a wide range of hardware, and they do extensive tests on forcing speed/duplex, I am unaware of any outstanding bugs on this issue. Cheers, Jack