From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263631AbTDDNgH (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:36:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263630AbTDDNdv (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:33:51 -0500 Received: from tag.witbe.net ([81.88.96.48]:35601 "EHLO tag.witbe.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263552AbTDDN3l (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:29:41 -0500 From: "Paul Rolland" To: "'Michael Knigge'" , Subject: Re: Strange e1000 Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:41:09 +0200 Message-ID: <043501c2faaf$da061e10$3f00a8c0@witbe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 In-Reply-To: <20030404.7255311@knigge.local.net> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, > when I load the e1000 module, my NIC is recognized. Then, "pump -i > eth0" is called (DHCP-Client), the message "e1000: eth0 NIC > Link is Up > 1000 Mbps Full Duplex" appears and after some time I get the message > "operation failed". > > When I sleep some time (currently 20 seconds) before doing > the "pump", > everything works as expected. > > What the hell is happening here? Ok, I got it working with the > 20-sec-sleep but this is not the way it sould work... > > My Board is a Gigabyte GA-7ZXR (1.0) and the Intel NIC is a PRO/1000 > MT (should be the 82540OEM Chip). The NIC is attached to a NetGear > FSM726S Switch (24x100 + 2x1000). It is currenty the only box > attached Could it be possible that the 1000MBps FD on the e1000 side is a local configuration, and that it needs some time to discuss with the Netgear switch to negotiate correctly speed and duplex before working correctly ? (i.e. 20 sec = negotiation time) Regards, Paul