re0: 2 link states coalesced.

[Gleb Smirnoff]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 11:05:29PM +0100, Julien Gabel wrote:
J> > I have a problem with my RTL8169 Gigabit NIC built into my (apparently
J> > very uncommon) Clevo D41EV laptop. At boot, when netif tries to set up the
J> > interface, I get a lot of these messages:
J> >
J> >  > re0: 2 link states coalesced
J> >  > re0: link state changed to DOWN
J> >  > re0: 2 link states coalesced
J> >  > re0: link state changed to DOWN
J> >  > re0: 2 link states coalesced
J> >  > re0: link state changed to DOWN
J> >
J> > At some point the interface will go UP just at the right time (?) and gets
J> > configured by dhclient succesfully. Once that is done it seems to works
J> > fine, giving me 10-11 MiB/s throughput on a 100mbit link.
J> >
J> > At first I didn't consider it a real problem, but now that I am trying to
J> > take my laptop into daily use I am becoming increasingly annoyed by having
J> > to wait 3 to 6 minutes for the NIC to go 'UP' during the boot process.
J> >
J> > Here's how the NIC is identified in pciconf -lv:
J> >
J> >  > re0 at pci0:10:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x08001558 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10
J> >  > hdr=0x00
J> >  >     vendor   = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
J> >  >     device   = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
J> >  >     class    = network
J> >  >     subclass = ethernet
J> >
J> > This is all on a fresh installation of FreeBSD-6.0-RELEASE updated to p3.
J> > I have the full dmesg log and pciconf output attached (and mirrored at
J> > http://www.nieser.net/files/re-problem/ incase the attachments don't come
J> > through). Does anyone know what causes this, and possibly the solution?
J> > Should I file a PR for this?
J> 
J> I filled one a year ago, for the very same problem (encountered for two
J> years now).  See Problem Report kern/80005 for more information.  I think
J> that another user (Emmanuel Duros) tried to speak with Realtek on that
J> point, not sure if there is feedback on it though...
J> 
J> Sorry not to have better news.

Is this NIC available outside of Clevo D41EV laptop? As PCI or PCMCIA card?

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