em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying

[Markus Vervier]

Jack Vogel wrote:
>
>  I didn't mean the NIC EEPROM, but the system BIOS, make sure you are
>  running the version that Jeremy said he was, if that matches you might go
>  look at settings in the BIOS that are about management.
>
I'm now running the latest BIOS for my X60 version 2.22 with the same 
results. Jeremy runs version 1.15 but on a T60.
>  I thought you told us that when you had a back to back connection that it
>  worked, no??
Sorry, it does not work when having a b2b connection, never said that. 
But I noticed another thing:

It is important that the device was up without a cable connected:

1. power off completely
2. boot freebsd without a cable connected
3. in a rootshell do ifconfig em0 up
4. connect the cable
5. no link

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Markus