Messages in this thread | | | From | "Paul Rolland" <> | Subject | Re: Strange e1000 | Date | Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:41:09 +0200 |
| |
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
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |