"no carrier" by using 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet

[Pyun YongHyeon]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:25:36AM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote:
> Because of the SFP+ design it requires init before it really 'comes up' :)
> Glad its working for you.
> 

I guess you can disable showing "no carrier" if driver is not
running. Showing negotiated speed/duplex link state when driver is
not running may confuse users/dhclient and the negotiated speed/
duplex also could be changed after the completion of
auto-negotiation.

> Jack
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Alexander Fiveg <pebu3op at googlemail.com>wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 15 July 2010 19:46:19 Jerry Toung wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Alexander Fiveg
> > <pebu3op at googlemail.com>wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to use the network adapter based on the Intel® 82599 10
> > > > Gigabit Ethernet Controller with ixgbe-2.2.3 driver. The driver loads
> > > > properly but ifconfig shows "no carrier" for all ix* interfaces. The
> > > > adapter shouldn't
> > > > be corrupt though - I've tested this adapter on the same machine with
> > > > Linux (Ubuntu) and it worked properly.
> > >
> > > Alex,
> > > try setting an IP address on that interface anyway. You may see that
> > > magically the carrier
> > > is now there.
> > > ping, etc.. should work too after that.
> > > Jerry
> >
> >
> > Waw, really magic :)
> > it works... Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Alex
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