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Date:      Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:00:35 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        "Chauncey N. Menefee" <cmenefee@prism-grp.com>, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-i386@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: i386/115054: NTP errors out on startup but restart of NTP fixes problem
Message-ID:  <86odhrlb18.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20070731072434.F5028@besplex.bde.org> (Bruce Evans's message of "Tue\, 31 Jul 2007 08\:26\:21 %2B1000 \(EST\)")
References:  <200707301716.l6UHG3eD020378@www.freebsd.org> <20070731072434.F5028@besplex.bde.org>

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Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> writes:
> Several versions of FreeBSD have annoying behaviouor for network
> startup, involving the network not actually being up when ifconfig
> returns and subsequent different mishandling of this by various
> utilities.  [...]
> This problem seems to get worse with each release of FreeBSD and/or
> with newer NICs.  I never noticed fxp or even ed or rl NICs.  Now it
> is barely noticeable with fxp and very noticeable with sk, bge and em
> NICs.

I have never seen this with any of the cards I've used (xl, fxp, rl, re,
sis, bge, sk, msk and probably others, in no particular order).

Perhaps there is a hardware issue involved?  Does the problem occur if
you hardcode the link speed instead of relying on autonegotiation?

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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