Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 22:10:57 -0800 From: Andrew Moran <amoran@forsythia.net> To: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: msk0 interface stops working when downloading Message-ID: <D8C68B2B-7D64-42DE-8C91-8E3F978BE467@forsythia.net> In-Reply-To: <9549_1291057382_4CF3F8E6_9549_238_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499A7AF8D81@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> References: <7EA93980-478A-418A-8FB1-3249097A7011@forsythia.net> <201011290954.07958.jhb@freebsd.org> <9549_1291057382_4CF3F8E6_9549_238_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499A7AF8D81@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com>
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Good to know about the GB switch vs 100MB switch. But rather than downgrade my switch, I went ahead and bought a NIC and installed it and will just ignore the onboard Marvel one until it someday works :) --Andy On Nov 29, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Gary Gatten wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of John Baldwin > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:54 AM > To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Cc: Andrew Moran; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: msk0 interface stops working when downloading > > On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 6:25:06 pm Andrew Moran wrote: >> >> Hey guys, >> >> After banging my head against this for a few hours, I've decided to ask for > help. I installed FreeBSD 8.1 amd64 on a Shuttle J1 4100 system (tech > specs here http://us.shuttle.com/J1_4100.aspx). I installed from DVD and the > install went fine. >> >> I notice when I pkg_add -r anything, the network stops responding. >> >> Some details: >> >> 1) I can reproduce it 100% by downloading a large file. low traffic like > the SSH connection does not trigger it. I think it's being triggered by > traffic above a certain rate. >> 2) I can recover by restarting the network interfaces (/etc/rc.d/netif stop; > /etc/rc.d/netif start) >> 3) I see no errors in dmesg or /var/log/messages. Nothing at all. >> 4) I've tried the following in /etc/sysctl.conf: >> net.inet.tcp.tso=0 >> net.inet.tcp.inflight.enable=0 >> >> and in /boot/loader.conf: >> hw.pci.enable_msix="0" >> hw.pci.enable_msi="0" >> hw.bce.tso_enable="0" >> >> But the problem persists. >> >> The interface is identified as: >> >> mskc0: <Marvell Yukon 88E8057 Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem > 0xfebfc000-0xfebfffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2 >> msk0: <Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Ultra 2 Id 0xba Rev 0x00> on > mskc0 >> msk0: Ethernet address: 80:ee:73:01:60:7d >> miibus0: <MII bus> on msk0 >> e1000phy0: <Marvell 88E1149 Gigabit PHY> PHY 0 on miibus0 >> e1000phy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, > 1000baseT-FDX, auto >> mskc0: [ITHREAD] > > When I've seen this on my netbook I did a tcpdump on another machien on the > same hub and found that my msk0 device was spewing an endless stream of pause > frames. I've only had this problem with a gigE switch, it works fine for me > on a 10/100 switch. > > -- > John Baldwin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > " When I've seen this on my netbook I did a tcpdump on another machien on the same hub and found that my msk0 device was spewing an endless stream of pause frames. " > > If there's an option to disable Ethernet flow control, (commonly used on Gig stuff) perhaps disabling it will prevent the unwanted "spewing". Unwaanted spewing is always bad. > > > > > > <font size="1"> > <div style='border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'> > </div> > "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient > and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email > and its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by > return email and delete this email from your system." > </font> >help
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