Subject: Re: Problems with wm driver and 1000bas-SX connections
To: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org>
From: Blair Sadewitz <blair.sadewitz@gmail.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/05/2006 03:00:52
Just a shot in the dark, but I have had wm(4) problems like this, and
they went away when I manually specified the media type.

--Blair

On 12/5/06, Brian Buhrow <buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org> wrote:
> 	Hello.  I have an Intel 82546EB 1000base-SX dual port card which I'm
> trying to connect to a Cisco 3508 via a base-SX fiber connection, and I
> can't get both sides to show link.  If I turn autonegotiation off on the
> Cisco side, I get link there, but the NetBSD box still shows no carrier.
> There is no change whether I let the card autonegotiate, or if I hard wire
> it to 1000basesx.
> This is version:
> /*	$NetBSD: if_wm.c,v 1.100.2.5 2006/07/07 06:24:40 tron Exp $	*/
> as distributed in the NetBSD-3 branch of the source tree.
> I've enabled WM_DEBUG in my test kernel, and I show the output from the wm
> driver on the lines below.  I've got things hooked up to both wm0 and wm1,
> so the output below is to be expected while I tried to bring up both
> interfaces with no luck.
> 	Does anyone have any suggestions on what the problem might be?
> -thanks
> -Brian
>
>
> wm0 at pci3 dev 1 function 0: Intel i82546EB 1000BASE-X Ethernet, rev. 1
> wm0: interrupting at irq 10
> wm0: 64-bit 133MHz PCIX bus
> wm0: 256 word (8 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
> wm0: Ethernet address 00:0e:0c:2b:d9:ac
> wm0: 1000baseSX, 1000baseSX-FDX, auto
> wm1 at pci3 dev 1 function 1: Intel i82546EB 1000BASE-X Ethernet, rev. 1
> wm1: interrupting at irq 5
> wm1: 64-bit 133MHz PCIX bus
> wm1: 256 word (8 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
> wm1: Ethernet address 00:0e:0c:2b:d9:ad
> wm1: 1000baseSX, 1000baseSX-FDX, auto
> wm1: LINK: set media -> link down
> wm1: RX: checking descriptor 0
> wm1: RX: rxptr -> 0
> wm1: TX: txsdirty -> 0
> wm1: LINK: LSC -> down
> wm1: LINK: set media -> link down
> wm1: LINK: set media -> link down
> wm1: RX: checking descriptor 0
> wm1: RX: rxptr -> 0
> wm1: TX: txsdirty -> 0
> wm1: LINK: LSC -> down
> wm1: LINK: set media -> link down
> wm0: LINK: set media -> no signal
> wm0: LINK: set media -> no signal
> wm0: LINK: set media -> no signal
> wm1: LINK: set media -> link down
> wm1: RX: checking descriptor 0
> wm1: RX: rxptr -> 0
> wm1: TX: txsdirty -> 0
> wm1: LINK: LSC -> down
> wm1: LINK: set media -> link down
> wm1: LINK: set media -> link down
> wm1: RX: checking descriptor 0
> wm1: RX: rxptr -> 0
> wm1: TX: txsdirty -> 0
> wm1: LINK: LSC -> down
> wm1: LINK: anstate 2
> wm1: LINK: checklink -> down
> wm0: LINK: set media -> no signal
> wm1: LINK: set media -> link down
> wm1: LINK: set media -> link down
> wm0: LINK: set media -> no signal
>


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