On Fri, Aug 31, 2018, at 00:22, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > On 8/30/18 2:51 PM, Marius Halden wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018, at 19:27, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > > >> On 8/30/18 4:21 AM, Marius Halden wrote: > > >>> I tried to downgrade to a the previous bsdrp version we were running > > >>> based on 11.1-RELEASE-p10, but it did not start working again. ifconfig > > >>> output and t5nex0 devlog follows (non-working state), but it all looks > > >>> fine to me (media has always been reported wrong). I did notice though > > >>> that "hw_mac_init_port[0], ?" will always be logged when it works but > > >>> not when when it doesn't work. I confirmed this on a box still running > > >>> the old version which functions as intended. > > >>> > > >>> The ones not working has a newer firmware version than the ones working. > > >>> > > >>> Non-working: > > >>> # sysctl dev.t5nex.0.firmware_version > > >>> dev.t5nex.0.firmware_version: 1.19.1.0 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Working: > > >>> # sysctl dev.t5nex.0.firmware_version > > >>> dev.t5nex.0.firmware_version: 1.16.45.0 > > >>> > > >>> Any other ideas? > > >>> > > >> > > >> I'm still looking into it. The current working theory is that the peer > > >> is trying to autonegotiate when it shouldn't (it's 1Gbps optics). If > > >> you know how to disable AN on the peer this should be easy to test. > > > > > > Thanks. Unfortunately we don't have access to the peer as that's our ISPs > > > router. According to the sysctl autonegotiate is not supported on our > > > side. > > > > > > > I'll get a couple of 1G optics in a day or so and then I'll be able to > > try some things for myself. Wait for that or try a 1G TWINAX (copper) > > SFP+ cable in case you have one -- that should be able to link up (if > > it's really autonegotiation that's causing problems). > > I have seen some issues if one end has 1G optics, and the other > end has 1/10G optics, it wont reliably come up every time unless > you nail the other end to 1Gbps.
I'm reasonably certain this isn't the issue here as I believe we use the same optics as our ISPs. In addition it reliably comes up every time with the old firmware and never with the new (after boot). -- Marius Halden _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
