Hello,
i now tested the current snapshot and the problem is still present. Is there
a chance that this bug will be fixed soon?
Carsten
Am 03.12.2012 13:36, schrieb InterNetX - Carsten Schoene:
> Hello,
>
> i've setup a OpenBSD 5.2 (amd64) system using flashrd on a DELL R610 server,
> with an Intel PRO/1000 PF (82571EB) dualport fibre optics adapter.
> The system also have four broadcom BCM5709 copper interfaces.
>
> I try to monitor the linkstate of these interface using the default
> snmpd. The linkstate for the bnx interfaces are always correct ("up"), only
> the em interfaces report "unknown" when the link is in state "up"
>
> # ifconfig em0
> em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> lladdr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> description: Uplink
> priority: 0
> media: Ethernet 1000baseSX full-duplex
> status: active
> inet xxx:xxx:xxx:xxx netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast xxx:xxx:xxx:xxx
> inet6 XXXX::XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX%em0 pre
>
> # snmpwalk -v 1 -c public localhost IF | grep -i -E '(ifoper|ifdescr)'
> IF-MIB::ifDescr.1 = STRING: em0
> IF-MIB::ifDescr.2 = STRING: em1
> IF-MIB::ifDescr.3 = STRING: enc0
> IF-MIB::ifDescr.4 = STRING: lo0
> IF-MIB::ifDescr.5 = STRING: bnx0
> IF-MIB::ifDescr.6 = STRING: bnx1
> IF-MIB::ifDescr.7 = STRING: bnx2
> IF-MIB::ifDescr.8 = STRING: bnx3
> IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.1 = INTEGER: unknown(4)
> IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.2 = INTEGER: down(2)
> IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.3 = INTEGER: down(2)
> IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.4 = INTEGER: unknown(4)
> IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.5 = INTEGER: down(2)
> IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.6 = INTEGER: down(2)
> IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.7 = INTEGER: up(1)
> IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.8 = INTEGER: up(1)
>
> If i shutdown the interface "ifconfig em0 down", it's state is correctly
> reported as "down".
>
> I can reproduce this on a vmware virtual machine running a plain OpenBSD 5.2
> ( no flashrd setup).
> The used intel based adapter is reported as "Intel PRO/1000MT (82545EM)" and
> behaves the same
> like on my physical server. I also disabled the "connected" state from vmware
> side and the
> interface reports it's state correctly as "lowerLayerDown(7)" within snmp.
>
> I also tested with 5.1 release on vmware, with the same results.
>
> It looks like a kernel/driver problem for me.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Regards,
