From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 17:31:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A67616A4CE for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 17:31:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns2.noanet.net (medusa.noanet.net [66.119.192.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 887EF43D46 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 17:31:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mksmith@noanet.net) Received: from noanet.lan (basilisk [64.146.175.5]) by ns2.noanet.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j38HXLAS059109; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:33:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: basilisk.noanet.lan 172.16.130.5 from 172.16.130.82 172.16.130.82 via HTTP with MS-WebStorage 6.5.6944 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 10:31:52 -0700 From: "Michael K. Smith" To: Doug White , kama Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20050408102436.L63303@carver.gumbysoft.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD Stable New Subject: Re: problems with bge and cisco gbic-t sfp X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:31:37 -0000 On the Cisco interface side, try: No speed nonegotiate Mike -- Michael K. Smith mksmith@noanet.net Senior Network and Systems Engineer NoaNet (206) 963-3679 http://www.noanet.net > From: Doug White > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:26:15 -0700 (PDT) > To: kama > Cc: > Subject: Re: problems with bge and cisco gbic-t sfp > > On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, kama wrote: > >> I have a problem with the connection between my bge card and a cisco 7609 >> with a gbic-t sfp. >> >> uname >> 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Tue Apr 5 11:21:17 CEST 2005. >> >> dmesg >> bge0: mem >> 0xf7df0000-0xf7dfffff irq 29 at device 1.0 on pci2 >> miibus0: on bge0 >> brgphy0: on miibus0 >> brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, >> 1000baseTX-FDX, auto >> bge0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:9d:93:f1:dd >> >> ifconfig >> bge0: flags=9843 mtu 1500 >> options=1a >> inet X.X.X.X netmask 0xfffffffc broadcast X.X.X.X >> ether 00:0d:9d:93:f1:dd >> media: Ethernet 1000baseTX >> status: active >> >> When I run ifconfig repeatitly I get strange answers on media. >> >> media: Ethernet 1000baseTX (10GBASE-SR ) >> media: Ethernet 1000baseTX (10baseT ) >> ... >> >> Sometimes the status changes to none and back to active. >> >> On the other end I get nothing... The interface looks like its up and >> everything is OK. But it does not recognise the up and down as I see the >> status. I can reboot the system without it noticing anything. I dont think >> its a problem with the cisco hardware, but a bge driver issue or something >> related to the driver, like mii. The cables are CAT-6. The GBIC-T can only >> run at 1000base-T. >> >> I have other servers connected through an older and bigger GBIC-T and I >> cant find any problems on those. But they are running FreeBSD 4.x and not >> 5.x > > Try these, in order: > > 1. Replace the cables. > 2. Force the media types on both ends. Ciscos are famously picky about > autoneg. > > -- > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"