Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:02:49 +0200 From: Mathieu Prevot <freebsd-amd64@club-internet.fr> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@uni-mainz.de> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD nfe driver for NVIDIA nForce network adapter Message-ID: <20060602150249.GA1541@scienceclue.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <447AB60F.8010700@uni-mainz.de> References: <445F13C8.1050402@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> <20060508104039.GA1003@scienceclue.ath.cx> <20060508105611.GA609@scienceclue.ath.cx> <4166.210.250.105.90.1147100275.squirrel@www.se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> <20060508191134.GA642@scienceclue.ath.cx> <445FFEAB.3060206@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> <20060509074423.GA47090@scienceclue.ath.cx> <1610.210.250.105.90.1147194909.squirrel@www.se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp> <20060529061333.GA635@scienceclue.ath.cx> <447AB60F.8010700@uni-mainz.de>
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On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 10:51:27AM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > Mathieu Prevot wrote: > >On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:15:09AM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote: > >>Mathieu Prevot wrote: > >>>On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:30:03AM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote: > >>> > >>>>Mathieu Prevot wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 11:57:55PM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>>Mathieu Prevot wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>>The DG834Gv2 still doesn't see the device/MAC address. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>I tryed `kldunload if_nfe.ko` and the system freezed (RELENG_6 > >>>>>>>amd64 SMP). > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>The freeze bug of kldunload will be fixed at next version. > >>>>>>Do you know how does DG834Gv2 get MAC addresses? ARP? > >>>>>>If it is ARP, I think they cannot communicate each other. > >>>>>>Is the MAC address valid? > >>>>>>Because the chipset can configure its MAC address. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>I changed the MAC address and gave the same address as sis's one > >>>>>(which > >>>>>should be valid (what is a valid MAC address?) because the sis device's > >>>>>MAC > >>>>>address is seen by the DG834Gv2) but it didn't change anything. > >>>>> > >>>>>In the reference manual, I found a reference to ARP as general > >>>>>protocol but it's not said explicitly that the DG834Gv2 use it: > >>>>>ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/dg834g_ref_manual.pdf > >>>>>So I guess it's the protocol used. > >>>>> > >>>>How is the nve driver for FreeBSD? > >>>>Have you already tried this? > >>>> > >>>Yes, it simply doesn't detect the device. > >>Are MS-Windows installed on the machine? > >>If so, how is the driver on MS-Windows? > > > >I installed recently NT5.0, and the network device is still not seen by the > >DG834Gv2. > >On recent RELENG_6, the if_nfe stopped to work, it worked fine with > >RELEASE_6_1 > >and RELENG_6 few days later. I have link up and down alternates and > >watchdog > >timeouts... > > > >Regards, > >Mathieu > > I also see those alternating device UP and DOWN. My box is running > FreeBSD 6.1-STABEL as cvsupdated 25th May last time, based on ASUS > A8N32-SLI Deluxe. > I do not see those UP and DOWNs on a regulare basis, they seem to occur > spradicaly. The box is UP (Athlon64 3500+ without SSE3), SCHED_ULE and > PREEMPTION eneabled in the kernel config. > > oh At the PRERELEASE epoch, it worked fine ... MP
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