Re: NVE
From: Maxime Henrion (mux_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 07/27/05
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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:08:05 +0200 To: K?vesd?n G?bor <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu>
K?vesd?n G?bor wrote:
> Maxime Henrion wrote:
>
> >K??vesd??n G??bor wrote:
> >
> >
> >>yerenkow@uct.ua wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello list users.
> >>>
> >>>I have bougth motherboard Epox 8kda3J, which has NV ethernet adapter
> >>>MCP7.
> >>>My system was FreeBSD 5.4 and i found NV MCP Driver for FreeBSD here:
> >>>http://www.onthenet.com.au/~q/nvnet/
> >>>Ok, I got it, install and kldloaded; then ifconfig tells me that my
> >>>ethernet card see cable, but I started to receive these messages:
> >>>device nv0 timeout(5), with ascending numbers;
> >>>
> >>>Ok, I get Freebsd 6.0-BETA1, where driver pre-built in kernel.
> >>>The different were only interface name, whic is nve0, but also shows
> >>>timeouts.
> >>>
> >>>This was tested with cross cable between two pcs, and with normal cable
> >>>pc-switch.
> >>>I tried to turn on debugging nve driver, but then system just hangs.
> >>>
> >>>Can anyone comment?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I have the same network interface on Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. That nve
> >>driver in the FreeBSD6.0-BETA1
> >>is very poor. Sometimes it causes a kernel panic, sometimes it hangs
> >>with device timeouts. I've sent a PR
> >>about that kernel panic with trace included but nobody has taken care of
> >>that yet.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >I have committed a fix to the nve(4) driver very recently in HEAD. I
> >don't think it could fix the device timeout issues, however, it might
> >help with the panics you were getting. If you could give this fix a
> >try, I'd be grateful.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Maxime
> >
> Ok, I'll. If it seems okay, is it possible to commit it to RELENG_6?
That's the plan. I'm actually waiting for feedback to know whether this
helps make things better or not. I'll ask re@ for permission to MFC it
once I know it's good (I have no nve(4) hardware myself).
Cheers,
Maxime
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