Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:10:19 -0700 From: David Kleiner <david.kleiner@gmail.com> To: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 on Asus K8V SE Deluxe Message-ID: <f135cf2d041007121029766057@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1097174410.4190.34.camel@server> References: <20041002144347.GA66319@enemy.org> <20041002192307.GC66319@enemy.org> <1096745844.95733.7.camel@server> <20041003011653.GA76597@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <20041003152917.GG66319@enemy.org> <20041004095514.GA12643@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <20041007125836.GL66319@enemy.org> <f135cf2d04100711347612c0e2@mail.gmail.com> <1097174410.4190.34.camel@server>
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On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 11:40:10 -0700, Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 11:34, David Kleiner wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:58:36 +0200, Alex D'Elia <acme@enemy.org> wrote: > > > * Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org> [041004 11:55]: > > > > > > ....skip > > > > > > > > > > thanks for that, I got it installed now with that options and the COMPAT_43 > > > > > either, but I am ofcourse keeping on, cause I want to see how the system > > > > > goes, and where the problems are, so that for the RELEASE things will be > > > > > up and running as needed. And no users' complains :) > > > > > > > > > > so, do you mean is "bad" to enable that option ? > > > > > what are the problems I might encounter ? > > > > > > > > COMPAT_43 won't cause you any problems. The reason it's disabled is that if > > > > a "stable" release of FreeBSD/amd64 were to ship with that option enabled by > > > > default, users could rightly assume that the additional system calls, ioctls > > > > and quirks it enables would be available in future releases. > > > > > > Hi ! > > > > > > Things seemed to run fine, beside some ports that are > > > still not supported for amd64, the rest look good. > > > But constantly ( as reported also in other mails from > > > the mailing lists ) when I try a scp of a file > 50MB > > > it freezes, not only the sk0 but also the system, > > > which I cannot then reach in any way. > > > Then I must reboot ( cold boot ) the machine. > > > > > > To memeber this is an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe, with a: > > > > > > skc0: <Marvell Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xb000-0xb0ff > > > mem 0xfde00000-0xfde03fff irq 17 at device 10.0 > > > on pci0 > > > skc0: Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter > > > sk0: <Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. Yukon> on skc0 > > > > > > I hope this can be of any help, not only for me. > > > > > > Thanks! everyone > > > alex > > > > > > -- > > > ** acme aka Alex D'Elia --> root.acme.com > > > ** mail:: acme@enemy.org > > > ** > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Similar behaviour on Asus A8V SE mobo. When running ifconfig -m sk0, > > only 1000baseT speeds are listed. Could the problem be in lower speed > > hub? I am using an oldish 5-port 10Mbit unit. I am running -current. > > > > I also get occasional watchdog timeout messages but usually the > > interface freezes silently > > once I try to download a distfile of about 5-10 megs. > > > > On an unrelated note - is ULE scheduler still broken? I get panics in > > both amd64 and i386 > > versions of -current when ULE is enabled. > > Do these interfaces have TXCSUM on? I know there is a problem with that > on the re but it only really effects udp. Sounds like you are having > issues with tcp. If it is on it wouldn't hurt to try turning it off. > > Cheers, > Sean > Not sure but I'm probably not looking in the right places: macropus% pwd /usr/home/src/sys/pci macropus% grep TXCSUM * if_xl.c:#define XL905B_TXCSUM_BROKEN 1 if_xl.c:#ifdef XL905B_TXCSUM_BROKEN if_xl.c:#ifdef XL905B_TXCSUM_BROKEN if_xl.c:#ifndef XL905B_TXCSUM_BROKEN if_xl.c: if (ifp->if_capenable & IFCAP_TXCSUM) macropus% sysctl -a | grep -i checksum net.inet.udp.checksum: 1 Is there anywhere else I can look? On the question of sk missing lower speeds, small correction - ifconfig -m sk0 is correct and shows full set, it is the man page that only mentions GigE speeds. /David
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