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Date:      Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:51:19 -0400
From:      enoch <ixew@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [nfe] DHCP failure on 8-stable
Message-ID:  <87vclfwqp4.fsf@hotmail.com>
References:  <20120330233819.GC7325@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <4F75C5EC.6090303@hotmail.com> <20120402195215.GA3571@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <jlblna$ptp$1@dough.gmane.org> <20120403023225.GD3571@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <87ty11670b.fsf@hotmail.com> <20120403183521.GA7380@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <87obr95pxh.fsf@hotmail.com> <20120403225422.GB7380@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <87sjgk5czo.fsf@hotmail.com> <20120404210445.GB10911@michelle.cdnetworks.com>

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YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 12:37:15AM -0400, enoch wrote:
>> YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 01:45:30AM -0400, enoch wrote:
>> >> YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> writes:
>> >> 
>> >> > On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 07:36:36PM -0400, enoch wrote:
>> >> >> YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> writes:
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> > On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 03:50:02AM -0400, enoch wrote:
>> >> >> >> On 04/02/2012 03:52 PM, YongHyeon PYUN wrote:
>> >> >> >> > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:40:44AM -0400, enoch wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> On 03/30/2012 19:38, YongHyeon PYUN wrote:
>> >> >> >> >>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 03:01:52AM -0400, enoch wrote:
>> >> >> >> >>>> Recently it became extremely difficult to pass the DHCP discovery step
>> >> >> >> >>>> on boot. Now I am using the buggy [nve] instead.
>> >> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>> Can anyone help?
>> >> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >> >>> Did you set synchronous_dhclient option in rc.conf? 
>> >> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Yes: ifconfig_nfe0="SYNCDHCP"
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> I guess [nfe] is undergoing gradual devel changes of some sort as before
>> >> >> >> >> it had some chance of reporting "empty headers" on initial ifconfig and
>> >> >> >> >> refusing to work. Sorry, I should have reported when encountering the
>> >> >> >> >> first problems rather than solve by reboot.
>> >> >> >> > 
>> >> >> >> > Would you show me the output of both dmesg(nfe(4) and its PHY only)
>> >> >> >> > and 'sysctl dev.nfe.0.stats'?
>> >> >> >> > It would be also helpful to know whether nfe(4) still sees
>> >> >> >> > incoming traffic.
>> >> >> >> > Does assigning static IP work?
>> >> >> >> > 
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> Static IP direct communication attempt from this desktop to another
>> >> >> >> laptop through a crossover cable fails as follows. Thanks.
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> nfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>> >> >> >>         options=82008<VLAN_MTU,WOL_MAGIC,LINKSTATE>
>> >> >> >>         ether 00:1f:bc:00:19:dc
>> >> >> >>         inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
>> >> >> >>         media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT
>> >> >> >> <full-duplex,flowcontrol,master,rxpause,txpause>)
>> >> >> >>         status: active
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> nfe0: link state changed to UP
>> >> >> >> nfe0: <NVIDIA nForce 430 MCP13 Networking Adapter> port 0xf200-0xf207
>> >> >> >> mem 0xefffb000-0xefffbfff irq 21 at device 20.0 on pci0
>> >> >> >> miibus1: <MII bus> on nfe0
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > It seems you've omitted PHY driver here. What PHY driver was
>> >> >> > attached to nfe(4)?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> miibus1: <MII bus> on nfe0
>> >> >> rgephy1: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211B media interface> PHY 1 on miibus1
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> nfe0: Ethernet address: 00:1f:bc:00:19:dc
>> >> >> >> nfe0: [FILTER]
>> >> >> >> nfe0: discard frame w/o leading ethernet header (len 0 pkt len 0)
>> >> >> >> nfe0: discard frame w/o leading ethernet header (len 0 pkt len 0)
>> >> >> >> nfe0: link state changed to UP
>> >> >> >> nfe0: discard frame w/o leading ethernet header (len 0 pkt len 0)
>> >> >> >> nfe0: discard frame w/o leading ethernet header (len 0 pkt len 0)
>> >> >> >> nfe0: discard frame w/o leading ethernet header (len 0 pkt len 0)
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.frame_errors: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.extra_bytes: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.late_cols: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.runts: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.jumbos: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.fifo_overuns: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.crc_errors: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.fae: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.len_errors: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.unicast: 56
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.multicast: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.rx.broadcast: 280
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.tx.octets: 7517
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.tx.zero_rexmits: 51
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.tx.one_rexmits: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.tx.multi_rexmits: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.tx.late_cols: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.tx.fifo_underuns: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.tx.carrier_losts: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.tx.excess_deferrals: 0
>> >> >> >> dev.nfe.0.stats.tx.retry_errors: 0
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks. Would you show me the output of "pciconf -lcbv"?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> nfe0@pci0:0:20:0:       class=0x068000 card=0x10003842 chip=0x026910de rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00
>> >> >>     vendor     = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
>> >> >>     device     = 'MCP51 Network Bus Enumerator'
>> >> >>     class      = bridge
>> >> >>     bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xefffb000, size 4096, enabled
>> >> >>     bar   [14] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xf200, size  8, enabled
>> >> >>     cap 01[44] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Interestingly, now that nfe0 is using a static IP it sometimes boots
>> >> >> up properly. Are you interested in its good working?
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes I am. Would you try attached patch and let me know whether the
>> >> > patch makes any difference on your box?
>> >> 
>> >> Sorry to report: The patch was applied (to 8-stable latest code) but out
>> >> of 3 boots only one succeeded. Same stream of "nfe0: discard frame w/o
>> >> leading ethernet header (len 0 pkt len 0)" messages.
>> >
>> > Ok, back out previous patch and try attached one.
>> 
>> With these two patch files applied to the 8-stable code, buildkernel
>> fails as follows.
>> 
>> /usr/src/sys/modules/nfe/../../dev/nfe/if_nfe.c: In function 'nfe_attach':
>> /usr/src/sys/modules/nfe/../../dev/nfe/if_nfe.c:629: error: 'struct mii_softc' has no member named 'mii_mpd_oui'
>> /usr/src/sys/modules/nfe/../../dev/nfe/if_nfe.c:629: error: 'struct mii_softc' has no member named 'mii_mpd_oui'
>> /usr/src/sys/modules/nfe/../../dev/nfe/if_nfe.c:630: error: 'struct mii_softc' has no member named 'mii_mpd_model'
>> *** Error code 1
>> 
>
> Oops, sorry I forgot that this part of change was not merged to
> stable/8.  I've attached a minimal patch which would be cleanly
> applied to stable/8.

Wasn't the attached diff3 already included in diff2? Seems to me the
wrong file was attached this time.  Please advise.

>
>> Sorry, I can't handle 9-stable. Enoch.
>
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