On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:33:35 +0900 (JST)
SAITOH Masanobu <masanobu@iij.ad.jp> wrote:

> 
>  > On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:45:35 +0900 (JST)
>  > SAITOH Masanobu <masanobu@iij.ad.jp> wrote:
>  > 
>  > > 
>  > >  Please test following patch if you have any trouble with wm
>  > > (and/or makphy).
>  > > 
>  > > e.g. i82573
>  > > 
>  > 
>  > What bugs is this supposed to fix?  I've had a lot of trouble with
>  > wm, makphy, and speed negotiation; is this patch related?
>  > 
>  > 
> 
> 
> related PRs (perhaps):
> 
> #30078 C wm driver doesn't select 10baseT mode automatically
> 
> #30490 wm(4) fails to link up if configured as 100baseT-FDX at the
> boot time
> 
> #30906 ethernet medium not detected on wm0
> 
> #33429 wm (intel gigabit ethernet) loses carrier/never gets carrier
> 
> #35386 wm NICs don't do speed negotiation well
> 

I can now confirm that the patch fixed my 100BaseT problem from
kern/35386.  In other words, it completely resolves my wm issues.  I'm
looking forward to seeing it committed and pulled up -- this has been a
major annoyance for me.



		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb