Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263810AbUAHIPJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 03:15:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263895AbUAHIPJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 03:15:09 -0500 Received: from mail3.ithnet.com ([217.64.64.7]:22493 "HELO ithnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263810AbUAHIPC (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2004 03:15:02 -0500 X-Sender-Authentication: net64 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:14:41 +0100 From: Stephan von Krawczynski To: Ben Greear Cc: willy@w.ods.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problem with 2.4.24 e1000 and keepalived Message-Id: <20040108091441.3ff81b53.skraw@ithnet.com> In-Reply-To: <3FFCC430.4060804@candelatech.com> References: <20040107200556.0d553c40.skraw@ithnet.com> <20040107210255.GA545@alpha.home.local> <3FFCC430.4060804@candelatech.com> Organization: ith Kommunikationstechnik GmbH X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1264 Lines: 47 On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:45:04 -0800 Ben Greear wrote: > Willy Tarreau wrote: > > Hi Stephan, > > [...] > > What I noticed is that if you load the driver while the cable is unplugged, > > and then plug it, the MII status says the link is still down. > > Unfortunately, the only e100 I have access to are in prod at a customer's > > and I really cannot make tests there. > > You have to bring the interface 'UP' before it will detect link, > with something like: ifconfig eth2 up > > Could that be the problem? > > Ben Hi Ben, the situation is like this (exactly this works flawlessly with tulip): - unplug all interfaces from the switches - reboot box - plug in _one_ interface - log into the box (yes, network works flawlessly) - start keepalived - now plug in rest of the interfaces - watch keepalived do _nothing_ (seems no UP event shows up) in comparison to: - let all interfaces plugged in - reboot box - log in - start keepalived - watch it work as expected Regards, Stephan - 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/