Subject: Re: kern/35972: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Invalid argument. Media autoselect broken.
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/12/2007 20:18:28
On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 02:10:00PM +0000, cosme@no-log.org wrote:
> >Number:         35972
> >Category:       kern
> >Synopsis:       SIOCSIFMEDIA: Invalid argument. Media autoselect broken.
> >Confidential:   no
> >Severity:       non-critical
> >Priority:       medium
> >Responsible:    kern-bug-people
> >State:          open
> >Class:          sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id:   net
> >Arrival-Date:   Sun Mar 11 14:10:00 +0000 2007
> >Originator:     cosme@no-log.org
> >Release:        NetBSD 3.1
> >Organization:
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> >Environment:
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> 	
> System: NetBSD BSD.main.tld 3.1 NetBSD 3.1 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Oct 31 04:27:07 UTC 2006 builds@b0.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-1-RELEASE/i386/200610302053Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-1-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
> Architecture: i386
> Machine: i386
> >Description:
> 	Media autoselect for network card on I386 seems broken with NetBSD 3.1_PATCH kernel.
> 	dmesg shows the following error:
> 	SIOCSIFMEDIA: Invalid argument: ifconfig IP netmask IP media autoselect
> >How-To-Repeat:
> 	Might not be applicable for every card (?), just switch to media autoselect with a NetBSD 3.1_PATCH kernel (03/11/2007) and reboot.

What kind of adapter are you using (what driver) ?
I have some systems running 3.1_PATCH and didn't notice this.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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