Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:10:17 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Ilya Bakulin <webmaster@kibab.com> Cc: Daniel Gerzo <danger@FreeBSD.org>, Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>, stable@FreeBSD.org, yongari@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: re0 problem Message-ID: <20081030051017.GB78796@cdnetworks.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <20081030001123.cb1ebd9c.webmaster@kibab.com> References: <755632516.20081018001504@rulez.sk> <20081018020248.GB31303@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20081020012504.95adc0ca.nork@FreeBSD.org> <20081020071155.GH38923@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20081020132827.edbb2c53.webmaster@kibab.com> <20081021043152.GE43039@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20081030001123.cb1ebd9c.webmaster@kibab.com>
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On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:11:23AM +0300, Ilya Bakulin wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:31:52 +0900 > Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 01:28:27PM +0400, Ilya Bakulin wrote: > > > On my laptop (Dell Vostro 1310) I get _periodically_ (not always!) the same error: > <snip> > > > re0: PHY write failed > > > re0: PHY write failed > > > re0: MII without any phy! > > > device_attach: re0 attach returned 6 > <snip> > > > This is known issue which happens on RTL8168C/CP and RTL8102E/EL > > PCIe controllers. Would you try the patch at the following URL? > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/re.ephy.patch.20081021 > > > > Even if the patch work for you, you should try serveral times to > > make sure it really fix the issue.(e.g. completely shutdown your > > box, unplug power cord and wait several mininutes and reboot.) > > > -- > > Regards, > > Pyun YongHyeon > > I've applied this patch nine days ago and added "if_re_load=yes" in /boot/loader.conf (Earlier I used to kldload it only if I needed to). Since that time I've never seen errors. Thank you!!! > Please make sure you've (cold/warm) rebooted several times with this patch. Just applying the patch and using it without reboots doesn't necessary mean a working fix. Since it's hard to reproduce the issue even on a system with problematic controllers I'd like to have confidence in the patch. -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon
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