On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 06:11:11PM -0600, Karl Denninger wrote: > Works in this kernel, checked out on that day: > > FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #10: Mon Aug 30 06:44:40 CDT 2010 > k...@fs.denninger.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KSD-SMP > > fxp0: <Intel 82558 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0x1000-0x101f mem > 0x94000000-0x94000fff,0x94100000-0x941fffff irq 21 at device 0.0 on pci6 > fxp0: Enabling Rx lock-up workaround > miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0 > fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:c9:a4:78:c3 > fxp0: [ITHREAD] > > (and has been running for months, and for a very long time before that) > > Tried to update to today's check-out and got hosed. > > The driver now keeps resetting and sending out "down" and "up" messages > repeatedly, and no traffic flows.... > > This is the ident I have on the current build: > > fxp0: <Intel 82558 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0x1000-0x101f mem > 0x94000000-0x94000fff,0x94100000-0x941fffff irq 21 at device 0.0 on pci6 > fxp0: Enabling Rx lock-up workaround > miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0 > fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:c9:a4:78:c3 > fxp0: [ITHREAD] > > Looks the same..... > > Something was touched though on Nov 30 in the CVS tree. > > It looks like there was a fairly serious commit posted on 10-15, and > some other smaller ones related to VLANs and flow control (which don't > apply to this configuration.) > > I can't find anything else related...... anyone know what's up here? > > Probably need to find this as we're going into the 8.2 RELEASE cycle..... > > DMESG from the failed kernel boot is attached. >
Thanks for reporting. Try attached patch. It seems there is a bug in RX lockup detection logic. Your controller is known to RX lockup free so the workaround should not be enabled. Otherwise fxp(4) reinitializes the controller every 15 seconds.
Index: sys/dev/fxp/if_fxp.c =================================================================== --- sys/dev/fxp/if_fxp.c (revision 216097) +++ sys/dev/fxp/if_fxp.c (working copy) @@ -526,10 +526,12 @@ } /* Receiver lock-up workaround detection. */ - fxp_read_eeprom(sc, &data, 3, 1); - if ((data & 0x03) != 0x03) { - sc->flags |= FXP_FLAG_RXBUG; - device_printf(dev, "Enabling Rx lock-up workaround\n"); + if (sc->revision < FXP_REV_82558_A4) { + fxp_read_eeprom(sc, &data, 3, 1); + if ((data & 0x03) != 0x03) { + sc->flags |= FXP_FLAG_RXBUG; + device_printf(dev, "Enabling Rx lock-up workaround\n"); + } } /*
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