Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:51:42 -0800 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: sub mesa <sub.mesa@gmail.com>, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb/140883: axe(4) USB gigabit ethernet hangs after short period of traffic Message-ID: <20091129015142.GB1355@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <200911260840.nAQ8e4c7030168@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200911260840.nAQ8e4c7030168@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 08:40:04AM +0000, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > The following reply was made to PR usb/140883; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> > To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org > Cc: sub mesa <sub.mesa@gmail.com>, > freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: usb/140883: axe(4) USB gigabit ethernet hangs after short period of traffic > Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:32:43 +0100 > > On Thursday 26 November 2009 03:59:55 sub mesa wrote: > > >Number: 140883 > > >Category: usb > > >Synopsis: axe(4) USB gigabit ethernet hangs after short period of > > > traffic Confidential: no > > >Severity: serious > > >Priority: medium > > >Responsible: freebsd-usb > > >State: open > > >Quarter: > > >Keywords: > > >Date-Required: > > >Class: sw-bug > > >Submitter-Id: current-users > > >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 26 03:00:11 UTC 2009 > > >Closed-Date: > > >Last-Modified: > > >Originator: sub mesa > > >Release: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE i386 > > >Organization: > > >Environment: > > > > FreeBSD gut 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Nov 25 14:30:17 CET > > 2009 xor@xor:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/XOR i386 > > > > >Description: > > > > I own a USB gigabit ethernet adapter with ASIX Electronics AX88178 chip > > supported by the axe(4) driver in FreeBSD 8.0. It works, but it 'freezes' > > or 'hangs' after some traffic, like downloading at ~50Mbps for 5-10 minutes > > will cause the device to freeze. This has been happening since a long time > > on 8.0, ever since i bought the device and was running one of the early > > beta's. Upgrading to the final release of 8.0 did not resolve the issue. > > > > Googling on the problem i found this mailinglist thread: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-April/005738.html > > > > However, there doesn't seem to be a single conclusion. Even though my > > product ("Belkin F5D5055") seems to be supported according to the axe(4) > > manpage, it doesn't get detected as such, rather with a vendor id. Quoting > > dmesg output: > > > > axe0: <vendor 0x050d product 0x5055, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2> on usbus4 > > axe0: PHYADDR 0xe0:0x01 > > miibus1: <MII bus> on axe0 > > ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axe0 > > > > May i suggest removing the Belkin F5D5055 from the supported devices list > > in the axe(4) manpage, until a fix has been committed? I specifically > > bought the device believing it would work since it was explicitly listed in > > the manpage. As of 8.0, it doesn't even get detected by name. It is of > > course possible my device is of a different revision. I frequently see some vendors do not change their model name even though the controller's internal chipset/PHY was changed. I guess the original FD5055 have used different PHY so it might have worked at that time. > > > > I would be happy to try any patches. > > > > Also see: > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8661 > > > > >How-To-Repeat: > > > > Connect axe(4) gigabit ethernet device > > Send/receive packets using the ueX ethernet device > > Device will stop receiving/transmitting packets after a short while > > I remember some user also reported instability of axe(4) on Belkin F5D5055. I'm not sure what PHY driver was attached to your controller but it could also be a variant of LSI TruePHY. Would you show me the output of "devinfo -rv | grep phy"?
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