From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 19 05:07:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E54E9106566B for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:07:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AACCD8FC15 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:07:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from Macintosh-2.local ([10.0.0.196]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id m2J4TRR5095360 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:29:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <47E096A7.9080700@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:29:27 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Macintosh/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vivek Khera References: <20080317200532.GA942@trimind.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-sonic.net-Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: hifn(4) causing system lockup X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:07:10 -0000 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. Sam