From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 30 05:12:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE21B1065679 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:12:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1892A8FC17 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:12:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d27so169893tid.3 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:12:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:date:from :to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=NNTIVve8i6ZGY0ZMgS5XeZDqN165De2z+lfOuXvssKI=; b=XiJEy5zvu8wdJy+ZcrYgXhr8wzrdtA4QeBL6tKG+YHt+tJRa7vt8PARTTjIKuevAik RVJLi8JEijKkfJOVCGUo7irGznkHRoKjhdzkPZyVON6N7P2jABjxAHPezLCgsAfgEzWe 8EkEfBxc24M0DuKb0xkczWnAzE8duXaM6NiL4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=xN41Zv7R3JmIz04wmwHkUhdkUWqHLBt/uq+4Z/DLMPBiUUGZOKXCr337DkTcOQ1K13 OkW/ljyp6jS/Cc3GNb7NoiYBT7nLxCWI0/yf9fy7yLTr9wIjfu7ppOnr936doTE89du7 lrYIo9IoH2zUyhs8ElrkiOh91V7DUAe1mkJvI= Received: by 10.110.20.15 with SMTP id 15mr6689953tit.28.1225343541946; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:12:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ([211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a14sm2081375tia.12.2008.10.29.22.12.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:12:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (localhost.cdnetworks.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id m9U5AJie079690 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:10:19 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id m9U5AHmj079689; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:10:17 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:10:17 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Ilya Bakulin Message-ID: <20081030051017.GB78796@cdnetworks.co.kr> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081030001123.cb1ebd9c.webmaster@kibab.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Daniel Gerzo , Norikatsu Shigemura , stable@FreeBSD.org, yongari@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: re0 problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:12:23 -0000 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:11:23AM +0300, Ilya Bakulin wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:31:52 +0900 > Pyun YongHyeon 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: > > > > re0: PHY write failed > > > re0: PHY write failed > > > re0: MII without any phy! > > > device_attach: re0 attach returned 6 > > > > 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