PCI-E VT6130 NIC (if_vge) hang system with gigabit link

[YongHyeon PYUN]

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 09:57:30AM +0400, Andrey Smagin wrote:
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> Ok. With autonegotiation ifconfig show speed 100MBit.

And vge(4) work without problems with the resolved speed/duplex
of auto-negotiation?

> with manual 1000baseT full-duplex settings in dmesg:
> vge0: failed to start MII autopoll
> vge0: MII read timed out
> vge0: failed to start MII autopoll
> vge0: link state changed to UP
> vge0: MII read timed out

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Did vge(4) ever work with 1000baseT on your box?
And why you have to manually configure 1000baseT link?
Does link partner(switch) also use auto-negotiation?