On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Peter Tyser ptyser@xes-inc.com wrote:
Previously, waiting for auto-negotiation would only occur if a valid link had been detected. Problems arose when attempting to use a tsec immediately after bootup but before link was achieved, eg: => dhcp Auto-neg error, defaulting to 10BT/HD eTSEC1: No link. Auto-neg error, defaulting to 10BT/HD eTSEC2: No link. =>
Hmmm....I made that change for a reason. Waiting for autonegotiation to finish on a tsec with no link was quite tiresome. If you've hooked up the 4th tsec, and try to boot, you end up waiting for *three* tsecs to timeout. If dhcp fails because the link isn't up you can always try again, or add a delay before dhcp starts so that the link is up.
I'm open to other suggestions, but I really don't want to go back to the old behavior.
Andy