network card issue; constantly up / down
Henrik Hudson
lists at rhavenn.net
Sun Apr 4 07:59:44 UTC 2010
Hey List,
I just re-installed FreeBSD 8-stable on my laptop and everytime I
have network traffic, even something as innocuous as a ssh shell
with a large section of scrolling text, the interface keeps
flapping up and down. I've had FreeBSD 8 installed on here before
and I don't remember it doing that, but I could be mistaken.
However, I just noticed it again. I was running Gentoo and it had no
issue.
os install: freebsd8-stable i386 (from 4/2/2010)
kernel: generic with snd_hda, pf sections and atapicam added
/var/log/message shows:
Apr 3 23:45:23 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to DOWN
Apr 3 23:45:25 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to UP
Apr 3 23:45:28 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to DOWN
Apr 3 23:45:30 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to UP
Apr 3 23:45:36 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to DOWN
Apr 3 23:45:38 <kern.notice> alucard kernel: ed0: link state
changed to UP
..... ad nauseum
It's using a PCMCIA PC-card because I jacked the pins on my
built-in ethernet device.
pciconf -v:
cbb0 at pci0:8:6:0: class=0x060700 card=0x30a5103c chip=0x8039104c rev=0x00 hdr=0x02
vendor = 'Texas Instruments (TI)'
device = 'PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-CardBus
dmesg for the ethernet device:
ed0: <Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Integrated PC Card (PCM100)> at port 0x100-0x11f irq 18 function 0 config 16 on pccard0
ed0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ed0: Ethernet address: 00:04:5a:a1:59:c3
miibus1: <MII bus> on ed0
nsphyter0: <DP83815 10/100 media interface> PHY 5 on miibus1
nsphyter0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
ed0: [ITHREAD]
Is the "using obsoleted if_watchdog interface" something that should
really be worried about? Is this a driver issue with the card or the
cardbus controller? Any tweaks to sysctly or anything else specific
I could try? Any more info needed?
Thanks.
Henrik
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Henrik Hudson
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