Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:41:56 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, j@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Strange problem: if_xe only works in GENERIC kernel Message-ID: <20100320.074156.47703827965796709.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20100320115528.GA50212@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <201003190837.48346.jhb@freebsd.org> <20100319211456.GA17662@uriah.heep.sax.de> <20100320115528.GA50212@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> writes:
: As Joerg Wunsch wrote:
:
: > OK, at kernel #11 :), I can now say it's the USB subsystem. Just
: > leaving "device usb" (and also "device uhci") in makes it work.
: >
: > So the question appears to be why keeping the USB driver in makes the
: > interrupt storm detection work...
:
: Maybe that's the relationship?
:
: camel# dmesg | fgrep 'irq 11'
: vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xe0000000-0xe0ffffff,0x70000000-0x703fffff,0x70400000-0x704fffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci1
: cbb0: <TI1251 PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0x50102000-0x50102fff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci0
: cbb1: <TI1251 PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0x50101000-0x50101fff irq 11 at device 2.1 on pci0
: uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> port 0x8400-0x841f irq 11 at device 7.2 on pci0
: xe0: <Intel EtherExpress(TM) PRO/100 PC Card Mobile Adapter16> at port 0x100-0x10f iomem 0x20000000-0x20000fff irq 11 function 0 config 1 on pccard1
:
: I guess vgapci0 doesn't really use interrupts, so this leaves cbb0/1
: and uhci0 sharing an interrupt. Apparently, the interrupt storm at
: cbb gets detected correctly as long as at least another device
: installs an interrupt handler on irq 11.
:
: Does that make any sense as an explanation?
:
: I can live with the current situation (and proceed in setting up that
: machine as a firewall, which was my original intention), although I
: could also spend another day into debugging that symptom if someone
: can get me some directions.
Does this happen on a cold boot or a warm boot?
Warner
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