On 01/22/2010 04:08 AM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
Hello,
in f11 I had a line into /etc/rc.d/rc.local to force speed/duplex/autoneg:
/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off>> /tmp/ethtool.log
2>&1
In F12 I see that this setting is not maintained.
After I log in in Gnome I see that:
[root@tekkaman ~]# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Half
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x000000ff (255)
Link detected: yes
The log file has timestamp of my boot time, so that I know it was
actually executed.
If I run it manually it succeeds and I get now:
Advertised link modes: Not reported
Advertised auto-negotiation: No
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: off
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x000000ff (255)
Link detected: yes
but after some minutes I get again:
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Half
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x000000ff (255)
Link detected: yes
So there is something external that manage this kind of changes.
It's NetworkManager doing that to you.
Some questions:
- network guys say me that switch port is fixed at 100/full (it is a
gigabit ethernet) so, if this is true, even in autoneg there is an
error in getting settings
Is there a reason they've set that up as fixed? Is there an autoneg
issue with the switch (some don't do autonegotiation correctly).
- what is the component that changes the settings? I walked through
NM
applet to edit connections but I don't see any parameter....
Yet another issue with NM. It doesn't give you the ability to run any
special "ethtool" stuff.
Hw is a Dell laptop XPX M1330 with updated F12 x86_64
lspci for network card gives:
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M
Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell XPS M1330
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31
Memory at f1bf0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at<ignored> [disabled]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information<?>
Capabilities: [e8] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel<?>
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-1d-09-ff-fe-3d-82-50
Kernel driver in use: tg3
Kernel modules: tg3
Strange thing is that after booting the laptop less that 4 hours ago,
with dmesg I get these messages:
tg3.c:v3.99 (April 20, 2009)
tg3 0000:09:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
tg3 0000:09:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
tg3 0000:09:00.0: PME# disabled
eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95906) rev c002] (PCI Express) MAC address
00:1d:09:3d:82:50
eth0: attached PHY is 5906 (10/100Base-TX Ethernet) (WireSpeed[0])
eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[0]
eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
...
tg3 0000:09:00.0: PME# disabled
alloc irq_desc for 31 on node 0
alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
tg3 0000:09:00.0: irq 31 for MSI/MSI-X
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Bridge firewalling registered
virbr0: starting userspace STP failed, starting kernel STP
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
--------------------------->>>> this I think is about my rc.local
command
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
type=1305 audit(1264148879.894:25902): audit_enabled=0 old=1
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=kernel res=1
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
tg3: eth0: Link is down.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, half duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
tg3: eth0: Link is down.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
...
tg3: eth0: Link is down.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, half duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
tg3: eth0: Link is down.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, half duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
tg3: eth0: Link is down.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, half duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
tg3: eth0: Link is down.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, half duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 22500 nsec
tg3: eth0: Link is down.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, half duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
tg3: eth0: Link is down.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, half duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
tg3: eth0: Link is down.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, half duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
tg3: eth0: Link is down.
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, half duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
So I have many link down messages and (apparently) renegotiation tthat
then gives 100/half
Any suggestions???
This is a wild-assed guess, but you could try editing the
"/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions" file. Find the
"check_ethtool()" function (around line 256 or so). Add a line (marked
by "ADD--->") as shown below:
check_ethtool ()
{
[ -x /sbin/ethtool ] || return 2
ADD---> LC_ALL=C ethtool -s $1 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off
output=$(LC_ALL=C ethtool $1 2>&1)
echo $output | LC_ALL=C grep -q "Link detected: yes" && return 1
echo $output | LC_ALL=C grep -q "Link detected: no" && return 0 ||
return 2
}
It's a butt-ugly hack, but may serve your purpose.
BTW I have libvirtd started but no vm created
Thanks in advance,
Gianluca
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