On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:15 PM, h bagade <baga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:20 PM, John-Mark Gurney <j...@funkthat.com> > wrote: > > > h bagade wrote this message on Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 16:59 +0330: > > > I'm searching for a method or configuration which when I make the > > interface > > > down, the led goes off. Currently the led still remains on when I > > shutdowns > > > the interface! Is there any way to do this? > > > > Not all ethernet drivers disable the PHY when you down the interface... > > You can try to use: > > ifconfig <int> media none > > > > to shutdown the PHY, but the em driver on 9.1 doesn't have it, but re > > (7.2-R and -current) and msk (-current) seems to have it... > > > > Also, why do you want the led to go off? Remeber, the led is just an > > indication if there is a link established, not what will happen to the > > packets that are received... > > > > -- > > John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 > > > > "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not." > > > > I've tried the command on freebsd 8.2 with em card but doesn't work as you > mentioned. > I need such an operation to disable the connection and yes, not the led but > the link establishment itself. Is there a way to have this option on em and > igb drivers on freebsd 8.2? > _______________________________________________ > Since you have not answered the question John-Mark asked, why should there be a command for something that doesn't need to be done :) You want to make sure the connection is "down", unload the driver, that'll make the hardware pretty non-functional :) Jack _______________________________________________ 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"
