ifconfig bge0 resets the device (BETA4)

[Gavin Atkinson]

On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 15:21, Raphael H. Becker wrote:
>     I wanted to check some parameters of my bge0 on one of
> our Dell PE2650-Boxes, running fresh BETA4. The command "ifconfig" lists
> all network devices, works fine. The command "ifconfig bge0" resetted
> the interface, the ssh-shell was stalled for a second or two, ifconfig
> produced "status: no carrier". The shell is running in a screen 
> environment, ifconfig terminated and the interface got up again, shell
> is alive.
> 
> [snip example]
> 
> Whats wrong?

See Bill Paul's email from a few hours ago.

http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040915215705.46B3416A4CF

Looks like you're in a perfect position to help test a patch for him :)

Gavin