SUMMARY: can't disable autoneg for nge via ndd && looking for nge.conf values

Thanks to Peter Ondruska.

Patch 122530-02 was released a couple weeks ago to address
adv_autoneg_cap set failure

Still unable to locate docs or example for /kernel/drv/nge.conf however

On 8/25/06, Eric Hankins <erhankins@gmail.com> wrote:
> So...connecting my new cluster of X2100s to a load balancing switch.
>
> The switch only does 100baseT. Given my previous poor experiences with
> autonegotiation in a production environment, I'm attempting to lock
> the nge0 interface on the machines at 100 full duplex.
>
> My first instinct was to set it in /kernel/drv/nge.conf and be done with it.
>
> Unfortunately, I have been completely unsuccessful in finding any
> documentation for nge.conf and have no idea what the values are for
> locking speed/duplex. The closest I've come is finding an OpenSolaris
> changelog stating that a bug related to setting values via nge.conf
> was fixed - google seems to have let me down...
>
> I then attempted to disable autonegotiation and set the speed/duplex I
> want via a script located in /etc/rc2.d using ndd. The ndd commands in
> the script are as follows:
>
> /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_autoneg_cap 0
> /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_1000fdx_cap 0
> /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_1000hdx_cap 0
> /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_100fdx_cap 1
> /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_100hdx_cap 0
> /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_10fdx_cap 0
> /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_10hdx_cap 0
>
> setting the speed/duplex caps works fine, but the autoneg one at the
> top fails with "Permission denied"
>
> This disturbed me, as I'm doing all of this as root. I tried various
> shots in the dark, such as downing or unplumbing the interface before
> attempting to disable autoneg via ndd, to no avail
>
> I have included output from truss on the ndd command below.
>
> What I really want is to lock nge0 at 100fdx via nge.conf, so if
> someone can point me in the right direction on what those settings
> look like, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> If someone could tell me why I'm unable to disable autoneg via ndd,
> that would work as well.
>
> I could very well be missing a patch - I am running stock 10 update 2
>
> Thanks!
> -eric
>
> # truss ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_autoneg_cap 0
> execve("/usr/sbin/ndd", 0x08047DB4, 0x08047DCC) argc = 5
> resolvepath("/usr/lib/ld.so.1", "/lib/ld.so.1", 1023) = 12
> resolvepath("/usr/sbin/ndd", "/usr/sbin/ndd", 1023) = 13
> sysconfig(_CONFIG_PAGESIZE) = 4096
> xstat(2, "/usr/sbin/ndd", 0x08047BA8) = 0
> open("/var/ld/ld.config", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
> xstat(2, "/lib/libc.so.1", 0x08047440) = 0
> resolvepath("/lib/libc.so.1", "/lib/libc.so.1", 1023) = 14
> open("/lib/libc.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
> mmap(0x00010000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ALIGN, 3,
> 0) = 0xFEFC0000
> mmap(0x00010000, 851968, PROT_NONE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xFEEE0000
> mmap(0xFEEE0000, 751253, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_TEXT, 3, 0) = 0xFEEE0000
> mmap(0xFEFA8000, 24239, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_INITDATA, 3, 753664) = 0xFEFA8000
> mmap(0xFEFAE000, 5656, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xFEFAE000
> munmap(0xFEF98000, 65536) = 0
> mmap(0x00000000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xFEED0000
> memcntl(0xFEEE0000, 120300, MC_ADVISE, MADV_WILLNEED, 0, 0) = 0
> close(3) = 0
> munmap(0xFEFC0000, 4096) = 0
> mmap(0x00010000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xFEFC0000
> getcontext(0x08047940)
> getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, 0x08047938) = 0
> getpid() = 605 [604]
> lwp_private(0, 1, 0xFEFC2000) = 0x000001C3
> setustack(0xFEFC2060)
> sysi86(SI86FPSTART, 0xFEFAECD8, 0x0000133F, 0x00001F80) = 0x00000001
> open("/dev/nge0", O_RDWR) = 3
> ioctl(3, I_CANPUT, 0x00000000) = 1
> ioctl(3, I_STR, 0x08047D50) Err#13 EACCES
> brk(0x08072870) = 0
> brk(0x08074870) = 0
> ioctl(1, TCGETA, 0x080470A4) = 0
> fstat64(1, 0x08047010) = 0
> operation failed: Permission denied
> write(1, " o p e r a t i o n f a".., 36) = 36
> _exit(1)
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