Re: em0 net interface Link state changed to UP too late at boot time

2007-06-29 Thread Roberto Nunnari
Hi Kevin. Ok. I'll try that. Thank you. -- Robi Kevin Downey wrote: On 6/28/07, Roberto Nunnari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Kevin. No DHCP. The box gets a static address. From rc.conf: ifconfig_em0=inet aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd netmask 255.255.252.0 media 1000baseTX as you see, I also tried

net interface Link state changed to UP too late at boot time

2007-06-28 Thread Roberto Nunnari
Hello list. I have a couple of FreeBSD boxes here that when booting the network interface Link state is changed to UP too late. .. as the systems mount at boot time a NFS FS, it hangs there and after that I get the following kernel message: xl0: Link state changed to UP or (depending on the

Re: net interface Link state changed to UP too late at boot time

2007-06-28 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Roberto Nunnari [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ..but on the other box (the em0 one that at the second retry will succed to mount the NFS FS) is there since I upgraded it from 5.3-RELEASE to 6.1-RELEASE Again.. any hints? I think you're looking for the early_late_divider as described in the

Re: em0 net interface Link state changed to UP too late at boot time

2007-06-28 Thread Roberto Nunnari
Thank you Gilbert. I think I will give that a try. But it seams to me that is not the solution.. it may be a workaround but not a solution.. It seams to me that early_late_divider is in case you mount a FS like /usr/local where there are startup scripts executed at the late stages of the boot

Re: em0 net interface Link state changed to UP too late at boot time

2007-06-28 Thread Kevin Downey
On 6/28/07, Roberto Nunnari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Gilbert. I think I will give that a try. But it seams to me that is not the solution.. it may be a workaround but not a solution.. It seams to me that early_late_divider is in case you mount a FS like /usr/local where there are

Re: em0 net interface Link state changed to UP too late at boot time

2007-06-28 Thread Kevin Downey
On 6/28/07, Roberto Nunnari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Kevin. No DHCP. The box gets a static address. From rc.conf: ifconfig_em0=inet aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd netmask 255.255.252.0 media 1000baseTX as you see, I also tried to use a fixed speed (both on the server NIC and the switch port) instead of

net interface Link state changed to UP too late at boot time

2007-06-28 Thread Roberto Nunnari
Hello list. Sorry to post again.. I just realized I was not subscribed (now I am) and also forgot to tell the OS version: # uname -rms FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p15 i386 I have a couple of FreeBSD boxes here that when booting, the network interface Link state is changed to UP too late. .. as the

Re: net interface Link state changed to UP too late at boot time

2007-06-28 Thread Roberto Nunnari
On one of the boxes the problem is solved.. it was a mistake of mine.. ..but on the other box (the em0 one that at the second retry will succed to mount the NFS FS) is there since I upgraded it from 5.3-RELEASE to 6.1-RELEASE Again.. any hints? Roberto Nunnari wrote: Hello list. Sorry to