Brooks Davis wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 01:11:38AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > >>In message: <20050907211811.GA19570_at_odin.ac.hmc.edu> >> Brooks Davis <brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net> writes: >>: Hmm, upon further testing, I think there may be a problem with the >>: fxp(4) driver. >> >>You mean like the driver never asynchronously querries the miibus to >>find out what the state of the link is when it isn't in the UP state? > > > I certainly see that on the em nics on my laptop and I've heard claims > of a similar problems with fxp nics. I don't see it with other em > nics. Sam reports that it seems to be a bug specific to the em hardware > in thinkpads. That's not the only issue in this case, but it's one of > them. > I've experienced the same problem with the fxp nic on my thinkpad. > I suspect think we may need to poll the media state periodicly on > some devices and fake up link state notifications as a workaround for > incorrect drivers. > > -- Brooks > --nikiReceived on Thu Sep 08 2005 - 13:42:16 UTC
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