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Date:      Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:44:58 +0200
From:      Martin <nakal@web.de>
To:        Martin <nakal@web.de>
Cc:        jfv@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying
Message-ID:  <20080804174458.4dda8369@zelda.local>
In-Reply-To: <20080804125138.59ed0252@zelda.local>
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Am Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:51:38 +0200
schrieb Martin <nakal@web.de>:

> I'm trying some other things here. Before you waste time on
> PEBKAC problems ;) (which I now suspect to be). Let me try to install
> the latest GENERIC on my laptop first.

I've build fresh world and then kernel (GENERIC configuration), I also
removed everything from rc.conf except host name assignment, and
ifconfig_re0=3D"DHCP". I have still same effect as described before.

Booting without ethernet cable will prevent me to get link "status:
active" on em(4), when I try to use it later.

GENERIC from FreeBSD 7.0 CD installation works fine. I checked it
again. I can boot without cable in my NIC, "try" to assign an IP using
DHCP and then plug the cable in and I have link.

Is there a difference how /etc/rc.d/netif handles a NIC with DHCP and
how the installation CD is handling it?

Once again, steps to reproduce this behavior:

1) Power the laptop OFF. Really OFF, I mean. No reboots!
2) Detach the cable from NIC.
3) Boot FreeBSD. Let it pass the DHCP phase (ifconfig_em0=3D"DHCP") until
login appears.
4) Attach the cable to the NIC.
5) Voila... no link.

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Martin

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