Link up problem between 1000base-SX(bge) and SUN
Hideki Yamamoto
yamamoto436 at oki.com
Sun Jan 11 00:58:35 PST 2004
Dear Olaf, Hoyer
After all, SUN recognises the FreeBSD box with 3COM 3C996-SX
by setting adv_1000autoneg_cap = 0 in /kernel/drv/ge.conf on Solaris,
As 3COM 3C996-SX does not support MIIbus, my patch I wrote last year
was meaningless.
Thank you for your advice.
Regards,
Hideki Yamamoto
From: Hideki Yamamoto <yamamoto436 at oki.com>
Subject: Re: Link up problem between 1000base-SX(bge) and SUN
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 05:42:24 +0900 (JST)
Message-ID: <20031230.054224.41627160.yamamoto436 at oki.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> I added code to recognize 3com 1000base-SX card as miibus module and
> compiled them, but I do not have time to test yet.
> I think this may solove my original problem that link of SUN SX card
> does not go up, though 3com card goes up well.
>
> I will start testing it from Jan.4,2004. I uploaded the fixed code
> on my web page, http://members.aol.com/hyama99/.
>
> I appreciate If someone gives me comments on the code before testing.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hideki Yamamoto
>
> From: Hideki Yamamoto <yamamoto436 at oki.com>
> Subject: Re: Link up problem between 1000base-SX(bge) and SUN
> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:31:52 +0900 (JST)
> Message-ID: <20031229.193152.104097268.yamamoto436 at oki.com>
>
> >
> > Hello again,
> >
> > Thank you for your reply.
> >
> > From: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer at gaff.hhhr.ision.net>
> > Message-ID: <20031229100720.X65076 at gaff.hhhr.ision.net>
> >
> > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Hideki Yamamoto wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'm having a problem about link up between 1000base-SX(bge) and SUN.
> > > >
> > > > I tried yesterday's 4.9-stable on a FreeBSD box with two 3COM
> > > > 3C996-SXs and two onboard BMC5703 chips. Two 3COM 3C996-SX board link
> > > > went up, but the other side, a 1000base-SX I/F on SUN F280 did not go
> > > > up. When doing ping command to SUN from FreeBSD box, LED on 3C996
> > > > were brinking but nothing happened to SUN board. I changed bge0 to
> > > > bge2, but the situation was the same. Hardware diagram is as follows.
> > > > bge0 can send or receive packates to the router or another PC with
> > > > intel SX board.
> > > >
> > > > Is this related to AUTO negotiation?
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Sometimes SUN cards are a bit picky.
> > > But, lets start gathering additional data:
> > >
> > > I assume you have a ge-card in, or which card are you using in the 280?
> > > The man page says that autoneg is performed, but chooses :
> >
> > Yes, I have three 'ge' cards in one F280R.
> >
> > > <quote from ge(7D)>
> > > The GEM PCS is capable of performing auto-negotiation
> > > using the remote (or link partner) link end and receives the
> > > capabilities
> > > of the remote end. It selects the highest common demonina-
> > > tor mode of operation based on priorities. The ge driver
> > > also supports forced-mode operation under which the driver
> > > selects the mode of operation
> > >
> > > </quote>
> > >
> > >
> > > I assume that the interface is plumbed, and shows up in ifconfig as
> > > well, could you also post the snippet of the ifconfig entry?
> >
> > The machine is in a data center now. I cannot type ifconfig now.
> >
> > > > I cannot find any parameters about AUTO negotiation in 'bge' driver
> > > > source. I checked Linux 2.4.22 kernel source and have found the
> > > > several code about auto negotiation. I wonder if a linux box works
> > > > well. I do not need full support of auto negotiation, but sample code
> > > > that handles auto negotiation with Solaris machine.
> > >
> > > in bge(4) it is stated, that the bge's also support autoneg over a
> > > cross-cable-config (which this basically is).
> > > But: have a look at the link0 option there (can be adjusted via
> > > ifconfig) normally, autoneg shall do, but over a cross-cable you need to
> > > designate one end being master, other end being slave.
> > >
> > > My suspicion is, that autoneg procedure somewhere fails, and you should
> > > try to set the bge to be link master.
> > >
> >
> > Thank you for your advice.
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