net interface Link state changed to UP too late at boot time

[Roberto Nunnari]

On one of the boxes the problem is solved.. it was
a mistake of mine..

..but on the other box (the em0 one that at the second
retry will succed to mount the NFS FS) is there since
I upgraded it from 5.3-RELEASE to 6.1-RELEASE

Again.. any hints?


Roberto Nunnari wrote:
> Hello list.
> 
> Sorry to post again.. I just realized I was not subscribed
> (now I am) and also forgot to tell the OS version:
> 
> # uname -rms
> FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p15 i386
> 
> I have a couple of FreeBSD boxes here that when booting,
> the network interface Link state is changed to UP too late.
> 
> .. as the systems mounts at boot time a NFS FS, it hangs there
> and after that I get the following kernel message:
> 
> xl0: Link state changed to UP
> or (depending on the box booting)
> em0: Link state changed to UP
> 
> on one box, after a timeout, at the next retry,
> the FS will be mounted. on the second box, even after
> the timeout, the FS will not be mounted as the interface
> will not be configured at all. I'll have to go through
> ifconfig manually and then every thing will be ok.
> 
> 
> Any hints?
> Is there a way to tune it by some sysctl?
> 
> Thanks in advance and best regards
>