From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 26 08:31:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5753E1065672; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:31:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hselasky@c2i.net) Received: from swip.net (mailfe15.swip.net [212.247.155.193]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 854408FC0C; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:31:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Cloudmark-Score: 0.000000 [] X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Aj2zMsuF2oAA:10 a=MnI1ikcADjEx7bvsp0jZvQ==:17 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=Vo5eOzl4joT-BK3aZdQA:9 a=pzG6Mx_hnqxYVNSxlUYA:7 a=6Q2wmM-8A8W92q95WFx9uptvr9gA:4 a=qwhcAUU6ev8A:10 a=tlJW8gxtbz4A:10 a=GqVEd-P18nsA:10 Received: from [188.126.201.140] (account mc467741@c2i.net HELO laptop.adsl.tele2.no) by mailfe15.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTPA id 598238700; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:31:04 +0100 From: Hans Petter Selasky To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:32:43 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/9.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <200911260259.nAQ2xtXf000958@www.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200911260259.nAQ2xtXf000958@www.freebsd.org> X-Face: (%:6u[ldzJ`0qjD7sCkfdMmD*RxpOwEEQ+KWt[{J#x6ow~JO:,zwp.(t; @Aq :4:&nFCgDb8[3oIeTb^'",;u{5{}C9>"PuY\)!=#\u9SSM-nz8+SR~B\!qBv MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200911260932.44225.hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, sub mesa Subject: Re: usb/140883: axe(4) USB gigabit ethernet hangs after short period of traffic X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:31:07 -0000 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: on usbus4 > axe0: PHYADDR 0xe0:0x01 > miibus1: on axe0 > ue0: 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 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 > > >Fix: > > Workaround: re-plug device or use usbreset command. No fix known. > > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: You can try enabling debugging: sysctl hw.usb.axe.debug=15 --HPS