Rapid link state changes on bge(4) interface

Paul Schmehl pauls at utdallas.edu
Mon Sep 25 07:55:22 PDT 2006


--On Monday, September 25, 2006 10:51:54 +0400 Ilya Nikitin 
<ilya_nikitin at migtel.ru> wrote:

>> On 9/21/06, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> No change. The link state is still floating.
>>
>> /S
>
> I've solved this problem by using bge drivers from 6.2-BETA1. There
> aren't bge  flapping now !!!
>
Which driver version is that?  I had to update the if_bce.c file from 
version 0.9.5 to 0.9.6 to correct a problem with the NIC ceasing to pass 
traffic and requiring a reboot to restore connectivity.  (I'm running 6.1 
RELEASE.)

Is this a newer version?

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/


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