Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:29:27 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hifn(4) causing system lockup Message-ID: <47E096A7.9080700@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <D799963C-677D-40E2-AA96-ACC9F05F3EFC@khera.org> References: <20080317200532.GA942@trimind.de> <D799963C-677D-40E2-AA96-ACC9F05F3EFC@khera.org>
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Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Sascha Klauder wrote: > >> I've recently upgraded my 6.2-STABLE workstation to RELENG_7, >> and I'm now experiencing system lockups that seem to be caused >> by the hifn(4) driver. >> >> I've got a Soekris vpn1401 card to help with GELI disk en- >> cryption. Reading from a GELI volume is causing the system to >> freeze completely, which does not happen if software crypto is >> used (i.e. hifn.ko not loaded). I can't enter kernel debugger >> (ctrl+alt+esc doesn't work anymore) and my (remote) kgdb-fu >> isn't up to par anyway. > > I've had the exact same kind of issue with the vpn1401 PCI card in a > Dell box for my firewall running pfSense (at the tie it was based on > FreeBSD 6.1 I believe). It would lock up the firewall within 2 hours to > 4 days of uptime. Once we removed the card, no lockups. Soekris never > responded to my questions about such behavior. > > In contrast, their mini-PCI cards I have installed on some WRAP boards > never lockup using the same software. > > I blame the card. Hifn contributed driver changes that purportedly corrected some issues that might be related. Unfortunately I've had no time to integrate them (it was provided as a single (huge) patch w/o any explanation). I called several times for someone to take it over but noone's stepped up. If you want to work through it contact me offline. Samhome | help
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