Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:46:50 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Bartosz Stec <admin@kkip.pl> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Breaks re and rl Network Interface Drivers Message-ID: <20090119084650.GG75541@cdnetworks.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <49743A68.3020305@kkip.pl> References: <8dfae1c10901070639x67945324jeeecfcac647d7976@mail.gmail.com> <496DF428.6050800@kkip.pl> <20090117044545.GA68290@cdnetworks.co.kr> <49743A68.3020305@kkip.pl>
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 09:31:36AM +0100, Bartosz Stec wrote: > Pyun YongHyeon pisze: > >On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 03:18:16PM +0100, Bartosz Stec wrote: > > > Walter Venable pisze: > > > >FreeBSD 7.1 upgrade broke my network access, machine is totally > > > >offline (powered-on and I can play inside it at the terminal, but > > > >absolutely 0 network access): > > > >This happened AFTER make kernel but BEFORE make installworld. I think > > > >this implies it's a kernel driver issue. > > > > > > > >http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=1323 (this is an ongoing > > > >thread on the issue, the rl driver has also been reported broken). > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > I can confirm issues with re and 7.1-R > > > > > > dmesg: > > > re0: <RealTek 8169SC/8110SC Single-chip Gigabit Ethernet> port > > > 0xbc00-0xbcff mem 0xfbfff000-0xfbfff0ff irq 17 at device 7.0 on pci1 > > > re0: Chip rev. 0x18000000 > > > re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000 > > > > > > In my case this NIC works, but lags like hell after upgrade! Working on > > > console gives me pauses every 3-4 second, and second server which > > > connect to this one with re0 is reporting that communication is lost > > > every couple of minutes > > > > > > >Would you try attached patch? > > > > > I could test patch today BUT I made machine restart a couple of hours > after NIC problem occurs (just to be sure) and after reboot re0 starts > working OK until now. > So maybe it was re0 problem or maybe it was something else. Even so, > should I apply patch and report if NIC works? > Yes, I'd like to see how the patch works on your box. Due to instability of memory register mapping on RTL8169SC, I'd like to make re(4) use io register mapping on RTL8169SC. -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon
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