em driver problem with intel pro 1000xf - force 100/full

Christopher McCrory chrismcc at pricegrabber.com
Sat Aug 28 21:28:13 PDT 2004


Hello...

	I am trying to use an Intel Pro 1000xf (Multimode fiber/SC connector)
card on a FreeBSD 4.10 system.  The switch (not mine) I need to talk to
is not configured for auto-negotiation, but forced to 100/full.  It is a
requirement on my side to be able to do this also.  My (copper) Intel and broadcom
NICs do this fine, but the 1000xf errors out.

ix# ifconfig em0 media 100BaseTX mediaopt full-duplex
ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured
ix# ifconfig em0 media 100BaseSX mediaopt full-duplex
ifconfig: unknown media subtype: 100BaseSX
ix# ifconfig em0 media 1000BaseSX mediaopt full-duplex
ix# ifconfig em0
em0: flags=8846<BROADCAST,DEBUG,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
        ether 00:07:e9:18:25:d5
        media: Ethernet 1000baseSX <full-duplex> (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
ix# # 1000 != 100



em0 at pci1:5:0:   class=0x020000 card=0x11098086 chip=0x10098086 rev=0x02
hdr=0x00    vendor   = 'Intel Corporation'
    device   = '82544 PRO/1000 XF Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Fiber)'
    class    = network
    subclass = ethernet




Is forcing 100Mbps operation not supported by the card or not supported
by the driver?

clue stick?

em_driver_version[] = "1.7.25";

Thanks

p.s. freebsdnic at mailbox.intel.com from man page bounces with MX loops back to me


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