* Rolf Sommerhalder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-01-30 21:48]: > Two identically configured SUN V210, each equipped with a SK-9S91 PCI > NIC (single port, single mode fiber 1 Gbit/s), run -current snapshot > dated 20 Jan 07 > The kernel detects those fiber NICs, besides the four on-board bge, > see dmesg below. After boot, the msk0 come up in autoselect media > type, but the two fiber NICs' link status remains at "no carrier", > despite having connected the two NIC with a cross-over fiber patch > cable and forcing them "up". > > Forcing the media type "1000baseSX" according to msk(4) fails: > # ifconfig msk0 media 1000baseSX > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Invalid argument > # > > Indeed, this option is missing in the list of media types and options > supported by the card: > # ifconfig -m msk0 > msk0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lladdr 00:00:5a:72:fc:58 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX half-duplex) > status: no carrier > supported media: > media none > media 10baseT > media 10baseT mediaopt full-duplex > media 100baseTX > media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex > media 1000baseT > media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex > media autoselect > inet6 fe80::200:5aff:fe72:fc58%msk0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 > inet 10.10.0.218 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.10.0.255 > # > > Maybe I am mistaken by assuming that "1000baseSX" should be accepted > by msk() for these NICs?
looks like the driver/phy driver lacks fibre support for the moment (or it's buggy. I dunno and am to lazy to check right now) -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
