Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:44:24 +0200 From: Nils Beyer <nbe@renzel.net> To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Success with Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 References: <3320661411119387@web21h.yandex.ru>
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Hi Gulyaev,
Gulyaev Ghosh wrote:
> Since I ask on the FreeBSD forums, there is a proposition to check
> alx-freebsd and have initialized interface.
>
> So if someone have similar hardware, you can got your experience with
> that project and share info.
I've got an onboard "AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet" adapter. With your proposed GIT-
repository and using its branch "master" I'm able to rudimentarily use the
NIC. But only if the network cable is short (< 2m). Using longer cables gives
me a "no carrier" status. When it is connected, speed is abysmal and functio-
nality ceases as soon as I perform an "iperf" benchmark until I reboot.
But for small data transfers (SSH, RSYNC, RDP) it's okay. Mark has done a good
job so far:
===============================================================================
#dmesg | grep alx
alx0: <Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet> port 0x2000-0x207f mem 0xd0400000-0xd043ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
alx0: Ethernet address: 5c:f9:dd:55:c9:fb
#ifconfig alx0
alx0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 5c:f9:dd:55:c9:fb
inet6 fe80::5ef9:ddff:fe55:c9fb%alx0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: Ethernet autoselect
status: no carrier
#pciconf -evl | tail -13
alx0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x05621028 chip=0x10911969 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
device = 'AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
PCI-e errors = Correctable Error Detected
Non-Fatal Error Detected
Unsupported Request Detected
Non-fatal = Unsupported Request
Corrected = Bad TLP
Bad DLLP
REPLAY_NUM Rollover
Replay Timer Timeout
===============================================================================
...
Regards,
Nils
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