K?vesd?n G?bor wrote: > Maxime Henrion wrote: > > >K??vesd??n G??bor wrote: > > > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello list users. > >>> > >>>I have bougth motherboard Epox 8kda3J, which has NV ethernet adapter > >>>MCP7. > >>>My system was FreeBSD 5.4 and i found NV MCP Driver for FreeBSD here: > >>>http://www.onthenet.com.au/~q/nvnet/ > >>>Ok, I got it, install and kldloaded; then ifconfig tells me that my > >>>ethernet card see cable, but I started to receive these messages: > >>>device nv0 timeout(5), with ascending numbers; > >>> > >>>Ok, I get Freebsd 6.0-BETA1, where driver pre-built in kernel. > >>>The different were only interface name, whic is nve0, but also shows > >>>timeouts. > >>> > >>>This was tested with cross cable between two pcs, and with normal cable > >>>pc-switch. > >>>I tried to turn on debugging nve driver, but then system just hangs. > >>> > >>>Can anyone comment? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Hi, > >> > >>I have the same network interface on Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. That nve > >>driver in the FreeBSD6.0-BETA1 > >>is very poor. Sometimes it causes a kernel panic, sometimes it hangs > >>with device timeouts. I've sent a PR > >>about that kernel panic with trace included but nobody has taken care of > >>that yet. > >> > >> > > > > > >I have committed a fix to the nve(4) driver very recently in HEAD. I > >don't think it could fix the device timeout issues, however, it might > >help with the panics you were getting. If you could give this fix a > >try, I'd be grateful. > > > >Cheers, > >Maxime > > > Ok, I'll. If it seems okay, is it possible to commit it to RELENG_6?
That's the plan. I'm actually waiting for feedback to know whether this helps make things better or not. I'll ask re@ for permission to MFC it once I know it's good (I have no nve(4) hardware myself). Cheers, Maxime _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
