Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:31:18 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Toshiba Libretto 70CT ep0 intermittent Message-ID: <20041105083118.GA15714@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <200411030109.iA319E2B044820@laps.jhs.private> References: <200411012204.iA1M484C092809@laps.jhs.private> <200411030109.iA319E2B044820@laps.jhs.private>
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On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 02:09:14AM +0100, Julian H. Stacey typed: > Ruben de Groot > cc freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > I used some search engines, found these rc.conf bits on a Japanese site > saver="daemon" > apm_enable="YES" > pccardd_flags="-i 11" > (no I don't read Japanese) but I'd always been wary of my IRQ 5 > ep0: <3Com Etherlink III 3C589> at port 0x240-0x24f irq 5 slot 0 on pccard0 > It's early to say as the fault was intermittent, > but I think the fault is now gone :-) Does it help you too ? It does! Thanks! > Maybe something else sits on irq 5 though unshown by my generic dmesg, > guessing maybe something like sound ? Dont know. > > "Julian H. Stacey" wrote: > > I started this thread on current@ as > > Subject: 5.3-RC1 attempt with a Toshiba Libretto 70CT failed, 4.10 OK > > But it evolved to be ep0 intermittent on 4.10-RELEASE, so moved to mobile@. > > I don't know if Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> is on mobile@ so please > > don't drop him off CC: unless he says he is. He has same problem I do. > > > > Ruben de Groot wrote (Re. my mail about installing): > > > > BTW on 4.10 The ftp through ep0 ethernet chugs along at 1 K byte / sec ! > > > > & expires half way through load of /bin > > > > & Ive used that pcmcia ether card with FBSD before, its OK, > > > > so it's the libretto. > > > > > > I had the same kind of problems on my Libretto 70CT and a 3Com 3CCFE574BT. > > > After the installation (5.1 and 4.9) over SLIP, the NIC kept giving me > > > extremely low throughput. I did a little testing: > > > > Now multi user on 4.10 I still see intermittent ep0 freezes: > > I've also tried 2 other ether cards since, another 3com 589, (with > > same external BNC & UTP transducer) & a 3com Office Connect 3CXSH572BT > > with an X Jack UTP connection: All cards behave OK with FreeBSD > > elsewhere, I've also tried with UTP & co ax, all my other hosts ping OK. > > > > > > > Pinging from the libretto to another system, both running tcpdump, would > > > give normal results on the other system (1 ICMP request arriving every > > > second, 1 reply being send back). > > > On the Libretto however, the replies would not show up in the tcpdump > > > trace for a long time, sometimes over 60 seconds, after which I would > > > see a "burst" of replies in a few seconds, but a lot of them never > > > showed up at all. > > > So it looks like the problem was in the receive side of the NIC/driver. > > > > I see on remote host (name=flip) with "tcpdump -i ed0 host lapl" both > > "icmp: echo request" * "icmp: echo reply" > > I see on libretto host (name=lapl) with "tcpdump -i ep0 host flip" just > > "icmp: echo request" > > Perhaps this means the interrupt on receive is lost ? > > > > > The hardware is fine btw; the Linux driver has no problems with this > > > configuration. > > > > I'm still learning /boot/loader.conf > > (copies of syntax I'm thinking of periodically go to > > http://berklix.org/~jhs/hw/toshiba/libretto.70ct/boot/loader.conf > > but I might even have correct stuff there, then delete again in error, > > it's hard to decide what belongs there.) > > > > I guess we need some loader.conf magic ! > > Warner or someone have some suggestions please ? > > - > Julian Stacey. Unix,C,Net & Sys. Eng. Consultant, Munich. http://berklix.com > Mail in Ascii, Html dumped as Spam. Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz.
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