From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 29 01:02:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9AAF1065678 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:02:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81A598FC1C for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:02:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u52so8192696pyb.10 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:02:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=D9gpV2jW/qdW+Wb+UuVsnScQyqmnpMNvM/tKSqBZBjM=; b=A3EimVMtXCfGh3Yy76cWQp5SYziIZm7s1zHZ27qXhCkNigX4icYeN9z0dF3EcLZLgB8PVfukkdmReA+Mz25oVt/dGdxJ/AggX5e/3IWnOz1B9DJ++VRyrO/BreMonN0V/UnRkO/hBPWnzi4ty3M2y21808qDY3hqEEpjLQZPFow= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=ZmQhHkuXriLVkYedeB4ExgLAhcuPuWwersGo5CH/5xExY9MRKC+bILrziXUF254L96+YJewmX9U4WBYsN/vsv8AoKS+Yy5mZIWz+6ijI6kGd/T2uQo/l2fKJ4FmYQLJRrieZE26n0xQRCSCH8lR68YivxAY+DPYrZMhb1rfE6IQ= Received: by 10.140.136.6 with SMTP id j6mr3111871rvd.50.1209430943470; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:02:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ( [211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g31sm7791673rvb.7.2008.04.28.18.02.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:02:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (localhost.cdnetworks.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id m3T12GSn078424 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:02:16 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id m3T12EHe078423; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:02:14 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:02:14 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Jonathan Hogg Message-ID: <20080429010214.GC78140@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <21E3C9BA-8DE2-470C-AEA1-58FE3D192EC7@onegoodidea.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <21E3C9BA-8DE2-470C-AEA1-58FE3D192EC7@onegoodidea.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: vge(4) gigabit on VIA EPIA SN 18000 board (again) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:02:24 -0000 On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 06:01:09PM +0100, Jonathan Hogg wrote: > Hi all, > > I noticed a previous discussion here regarding the vge driver and > problems with the EPIA SN 18000 board: > > http://groups.google.com/group/mailing.freebsd.current/browse_thread/thread/e2b3ddb38ad55fbc > > That thread kind of tails off inconclusively, and I just wondered > whether anyone had gotten any further with it? I have the same board > and the same problem - though, in addition, I also get a fair number > of watchdog timeouts under load at 100Mb. > > I'd very much like to get this port working (reliably and) at 1Gb and > would be willing to help debug the driver if I can (I'm a developer, > but have no expertise in the FreeBSD kernel). Alternatively, I'd I'm aware of several issues of vge(4) but I haven't had time to dig into yet. Newer generations of PCIe VT613x chips also complicates the work. I'm not sure when I have spare time to work on vge(4) but it's one of item in my TODO. Basically you may have to fix bus_dma(9) and PHY handling in vge(4) and it would require a lot of work. > happily create an account on this box if someone can learn more about > it by poking around. I'm using CURRENT as of a couple of weeks ago > (recompiling from last night's at the moment). > > Cheers, > > Jonathan > > (Shout if I should be addressing this question to another list.) -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon