Hi,
I've been noticing some strange problems with the built-in nfe0
interface on my desktop. Actually I've seen it on two such
computers, but the description below is for my current desktop PC.
The PC is running `cvs up -dP -rOPENBSD_4_1' built. I'm including
netstat, ifconfig output[1] and dmesg below[2].
I've noticed that once in a while the nfe0 interface will stop
sending and receiving data. At this point I can not make it work
again. The only solution I have is to reboot the box. I have
installed a dc0 card in the box since. The problem seemed
intermittent and not reliably reproducible. But I think I found
a way to reproduce this problem on demand (at least for the time
being). I have an ssh session to another box, on which I run
'/usr/bin/nm somelib.so'. After a page or two of output the
terminal "hangs". At this point nfe0 becomes unresponsive.
I switch to the dc0 interface and the terminal finishes the output.
Running the nm command while using the dc0 interface doesn't cause
any problems.
Interestingly enough, if I redirect the output of nm to a file
and subsequently cat the file the nfe0 interface doesn't seem
to exhibit the same problem.
I am not sure how to diagnose this problem further. I've enabled
debug on the nfe0 interface (/sbin/ifconfig nfe0 debug), but don't
see any output.
Any and all suggestions are welcome.
--patrick
[1] netstat and ifconfig outputs:
$ /usr/bin/netstat -in
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Colls
lo0 33224 <Link> 1 0 1 0 0
lo0 33224 127/8 127.0.0.1 1 0 1 0 0
lo0 33224 ::1/128 ::1 1 0 1 0 0
lo0 33224 fe80::%lo0/ fe80::1%lo0 1 0 1 0 0
dc0 1500 <Link> 00:02:e3:07:cc:df 1713 0 424 7 0
dc0 1500 fe80::%dc0/ fe80::202:e3ff:fe 1713 0 424 7 0
nfe0 1500 <Link> 00:16:e6:82:17:da 1520 613 878 0 0
nfe0 1500 fe80::%nfe0 fe80::216:e6ff:fe 1520 613 878 0 0
nfe0 1500 xx.yy.ww.zz xx.yy.ww.zz2 1520 613 878 0 0
pflog0 33224 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0
enc0* 1536 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0
$ /usr/bin/netstat -rnfinet
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Mtu Interface
default xx.yy.ww.zz9 UGS 0 0 - nfe0
xx.yy.ww.zz8/28 link#2 UC 4 0 - nfe0
xx.yy.ww.zz9 00:20:6f:03:a2:e5 UHLc 1 0 - nfe0
xx.yy.ww.zz1 link#2 UHLc 0 2 - nfe0
xx.yy.ww.zz3 00:01:02:c2:a1:b9 UHLc 1 159 - nfe0
xx.yy.ww.zz0 00:20:e0:68:5d:c8 UHLc 1 11 - L nfe0
127/8 127.0.0.1 UGRS 0 0 33224 lo0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 1 0 33224 lo0
224/4 127.0.0.1 URS 0 0 33224 lo0
$ /sbin/ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 33224
groups: lo
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
dc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lladdr 00:02:e3:07:cc:df
media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
status: no carrier
inet6 fe80::202:e3ff:fe07:ccdf%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
nfe0: flags=8847<UP,BROADCAST,DEBUG,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lladdr 00:16:e6:82:17:da
groups: egress
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex)
status: active
inet6 fe80::216:e6ff:fe82:17da%nfe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet xx.yy.ww.zz2 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast xx.yy.ww.zz3
pflog0: flags=141<UP,RUNNING,PROMISC> mtu 33224
enc0: flags=0<> mtu 1536
[2] dmesg
OpenBSD 4.1-stable (GENERIC) #0: Mon May 28 18:06:28 PDT 2007
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ ("AuthenticAMD" 686-class, 512KB L2 cach
e) 2.02 GHz
cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CF
LUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3
cpu0: AMD erratum 89 present, BIOS upgrade may be required
real mem = 536375296 (523804K)
avail mem = 481710080 (470420K)
using 4278 buffers containing 26943488 bytes (26312K) of memory
mainbus0 (root)
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 05/11/06, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfb5f0, SMBIOS
rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0100 (43 entries)
bios0: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-K8N-SLi / GA-K8N-SLi-RH
apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown
apm0: flags 70102 dobusy 1 doidle 1
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 3.0 @ 0xf0000/0xdd64
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdc00/352 (20 entries)
pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 5 10 11 12
pcibios0: no compatible PCI ICU found
pcibios0: Warning, unable to fix up PCI interrupt routing
pcibios0: PCI bus #5 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000 0xd0000/0x1800
acpi at mainbus0 not configured
cpu0 at mainbus0
cpu0: Cool'n'Quiet K8 2011 MHz: speeds: 2000 1000 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
"NVIDIA nForce4 DDR" rev 0xa3 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 not configured
pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 ISA" rev 0xa3
nviic0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "NVIDIA nForce4 SMBus" rev 0xa2
iic0 at nviic0
iic1 at nviic0
iic1: addr 0x4e 01=06 02=10 03=72 05=80 06=0f 0a=ff 0e=e0 0f=ff
ohci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 USB" rev 0xa2: irq 5, version 1.0
, legacy support
usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: NVIDIA OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 10 ports with 10 removable, self powered
ehci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "NVIDIA nForce4 USB" rev 0xa3: irq 12
usb1 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub1 at usb1
uhub1: NVIDIA EHCI root hub, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 10 ports with 10 removable, self powered
auich0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 AC97" rev 0xa2: irq 10, nForce4
AC97
ac97: codec id 0x414c4790 (Avance Logic ALC850 rev 0)
audio0 at auich0
pciide0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 IDE" rev 0xf2: DMA, channel 0 c
onfigured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <HDS722525VLAT80>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 238474MB, 488395055 sectors
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <_NEC, DVD_RW ND-3540A, 1.01> SCSI0 5/cdrom remova
ble
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
cd0(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
pciide1 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 SATA" rev 0xf3: DMA
pciide1: using irq 11 for native-PCI interrupt
pciide2 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 SATA" rev 0xf3: DMA
pciide2: using irq 10 for native-PCI interrupt
ppb0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCI-PCI" rev 0xa2
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
dc0 at pci1 dev 7 function 0 "Lite-On PNIC" rev 0x20: irq 12, address 00:02:e3:0
7:cc:df
bmtphy0 at dc0 phy 1: BCM5201 10/100 PHY, rev. 2
nfe0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "NVIDIA CK804 LAN" rev 0xa3: irq 5, address 00:16
:e6:82:17:da
ciphy0 at nfe0 phy 7: Cicada CS8201 10/100/1000TX PHY, rev. 3
ppb1 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
ppb2 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
ppb3 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
ppb4 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3
pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
vga1 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Radeon X300" rev 0x00
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
"ATI Radeon X300 Sec" rev 0x00 at pci5 dev 0 function 1 not configured
pchb0 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 HyperTransport" rev 0x00
pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 Address Map" rev 0x00
pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00
pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 Misc Cfg" rev 0x00
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
it0 at isa0 port 0x290/8: IT87
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
biomask ff65 netmask ff65 ttymask ffe7
pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled
uhub2 at uhub0 port 5
uhub2: ALCOR Generic USB Hub, rev 1.10/3.14, addr 2
uhub2: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
uhub3 at uhub0 port 6
uhub3: Sun Microsystems product 0x100e, rev 2.00/1.03, addr 3
uhub3: 4 ports with 3 removable, bus powered
uhidev0 at uhub3 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0
uhidev0: Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM), rev 1.10/3.00,
addr 4, iclass 3/1
ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons and Z dir.
wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
uhidev1 at uhub3 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0
uhidev1: Sun Microsystems Type 7 Keyboard, rev 2.00/1.03, addr 5, iclass 3/1
ukbd0 at uhidev1: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes, layout 33
wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1
wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80
root on wd0a
rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302
