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Date:      Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:59:43 +0000
From:      Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk>
To:        pyunyh@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: msk/Yukon issues since 9.0-REL
Message-ID:  <4F6B061F.9050403@rewt.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20120319214744.GC7518@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
References:  <4F64AB3B.9030806@rewt.org.uk> <20120319214744.GC7518@michelle.cdnetworks.com>

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YongHyeon PYUN wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 03:18:19PM +0000, Joe Holden wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I've upgraded to 9.0-REL from RC3 (I think) and the previous workarounds 
>> I've used for msk/Yukon II problems don't seem to work anymore:
>>
>> rc.conf:
>> ifconfig_msk0="inet 192.168.201.2/30 -lro -tso -vlanhwfilter -vlanhwtag"
>>
> 
> msk(4) does not support VLAN hardware filter and LRO.  However I
> don't understand how this affects stability of driver.
> 
>> pciconf:
>> mskc0@pci0:7:0:0:       class=0x020000 card=0x81e6104d chip=0x435111ab 
>> rev=0x15 hdr=0x00
>>     vendor     = 'Marvell Technology Group Ltd.'
>>     device     = '88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller'
>>     class      = network
>>     subclass   = ethernet
>>
>> I seem to get the usual error:
>> msk0: watchdog timeout
>> msk0: prefetch unit stuck?
>> msk0: initialization failed: no memory for Rx buffers
>>
> 
> There was a related change after 9.0-RELEASE. The change already
> merged to stable/9(r229874)  So would you try latest stable/9 or
> apply the change to 9.0-RELEASE?
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/9/sys/dev/msk/if_msk.c?r1=229524&r2=229874&view=patch
> 
Well that's cute.... reboot during boot, no panic or errors on the 
console ...

>> MSI(-X) is disabled but it doesn't seem to make any difference....
>>
>> Is there anything I can try to either debug or "fix" it?
>>
> 
> If you've upgraded from somewhat old FreeBSD releases, make sure to
> cold boot your box(i.e. completely remove power cord for several
> minutes before booting).
> 
>> Thanks,
>> J



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