Well, em doesn't have a pluggable phy :) Hardware is different, that's why there's a different driver....
Jack On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Alexander Sack <pisym...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Juli Mallett <jmall...@freebsd.org> > wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 19:56, Alexander Sack <pisym...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> $ ifconfig ix1 > >> ix1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > > > You need to bring the interface up in order for the SFP configuration to > occur. > > I am little bit confused: > > What's different with the ixgbe(4) than em(4)? i.e. My second em(4) > interface auto-negotiates properly on boot up, why shouldn't ixgbe > without having to do an additional ifconfig down/up cycle? > > (my ifconfig output above might be a little off since I was debugging > my SFP issues). > > -aps > _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
