Re: Spooky em INTEL PRO 1000 driver?
From: Christoffer Pio (cp_at_cvt.dk)
Date: 05/27/03
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Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 10:59:13 +0200 To: Scott_Koh/Bluewave.BLUEWAVE@bluewave.com
FYI
Don Bowman suggested to reduce or simply disable auto-negotiation
by setting if_em.h:#define WAIT_FOR_AUTO_NEG_DEFAULT 1
to 0 and forcing the correct settings with ifconfig
(ifconfig em0 inet x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x media 100BaseTX mediaopt full-duplex).
I tried this but still experienced waiting over 1 minute when bringing up the nic.
However, problem disappeared when I hooked the nic into a Netgear
switch instead of the older 48 port Cisco Catalyst 2849 switch. It seems
the lag was caused by the switch-end trying to negotiate, even with the
nic having auto-negotiation disabled and forced settings.
Regards
Christoffer Pio
Scott_Koh/Bluewave.BLUEWAVE@bluewave.com wrote:
>
> Hi Christoffer,
>
> We did not encounter the problem you mentioned on all our x345 servers.
> All our servers are connected using the first nic - em0. No problem with
> syslogd timeout etc during boot up.
>
> We did encounter problem though, trying to unplumb em1 by ifconfig em1
> destroy.
> Checking in progress.
>
> FYI
> Regards,
> SK
>
>
> "MFW"
> <mwilliams@2goons To: Christoffer Pio <cp@cvt.dk>, <Scott_Koh/Bluewave.BLUEWAVE@bluewave.com>
> .net> cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Erwin
> Lansing" <erwin@lansing.dk>, <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> 05/27/2003 12:41 Subject: Re: Spooky em INTEL PRO 1000 driver?
> AM
> Please respond to
> mwilliams
>
>
>
> Christoffer,
>
> I have a similar problem with another driver. I am assuming that you have
> the
> em driver compiled in your Kernel (I think its in GENERIC in 4.8). Here is
> what I did to combat the similar problem. Take the ifconfig_em(x) and
> defaultrouter out of the rc.conf. Make a simple if_up.sh script in
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d to bring up your interfaces and bring up your default
> route. I run a sleep command in mine for 5 seconds to give other services
> time
> to load before I bring up the interfaces. Syslog should come up regardless
> of
> network services, unless you are doing remote syslog. Either way, the above
> worked for me.
>
> If that doesn't work, check to make sure you have the em driver compiled in
> your Kernel. Sounds like its trying to kldload the em driver, therefore
> making
> your services not start in the process (no network activity). If it is
> loading
> the module at boot up, then make the above script, but load the module at
> the
> top. Its all the same.
>
> Just an idea. Not saying it the right thing to do, but its one that worked
> for
> me.
>
> MFW
>
> Christoffer Pio <cp@cvt.dk> wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I am experiencing some spookynes with FreeBSD 4.8 on the IBM
> > x345 2U machine; the x345 comes with two on-board INTEL 100/1000 mb nics
> > which uses the em driver. However, whenever I "up" one of the nics,
> > there is a slight delay of a few seconds before the command
> > completes, also the nic is not operating in up state yet,
> > appr. 30 seconds passes before traffic actually can pass
> > in/out .. It happens regardless if there is a cable attached
> > to the nic. I find this rather spooky. Has anyone using the
> > em driver experienced this? Other than being spooky it
> > causes a problem with the box in question, since syslogd and
> > other daemons times out at boot-up.
> >
> > Please include my email in any replies.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Christoffer
> > <cp@cvt.dk>
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