Re: NIC timeouts since upgrade to 4.0

[Frederik Sausmikat <frederik.sausmikat%gmx.de@localhost>]

Ok, I did some more testing using 3.1.1-RELEASE this time.
The results so far:

NetBSD 3.1.1 - GENERIC (no ACPI):
        nfe -> OK
        vr  -> OK

NetBSD 3.1.1 - custom kernel (see below for diff to GENERIC):
        nfe -> 'watchdog timeout', works after a while
        vr  -> OK

NetBSD 4.0 - GENERIC:
        nfe -> 'watchdog timeout', works after a while
        vr  -> 'device timeout', doesn't come up

NetBSD 4.0 - custom ACPI enabled kernel:
        same as above

NetBSD 4.0 - GENERIC (no ACPI via userconf):
        nfe -> 'watchdog timeout', works after a while
        vr  -> OK


diff -u GENERIC ARWEN-3.1.1:
--- GENERIC     2008-03-24 17:13:01.000000000 +0100
+++ ARWEN-3.1.1 2008-03-24 16:47:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 maxusers       32              # estimated number of users

 # CPU support.  At least one is REQUIRED.
-options        I386_CPU
-options        I486_CPU
-options        I586_CPU
+#options       I386_CPU
+#options       I486_CPU
+#options       I586_CPU
 options        I686_CPU

 # CPU-related options.
-options        MATH_EMULATE    # floating point emulation
+#options       MATH_EMULATE    # floating point emulation
 options        VM86            # virtual 8086 emulation
 options        USER_LDT        # user-settable LDT; used by WINE
 # insert delay no-ops in interrupts; recommended on very old machines
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 options        DDB_HISTORY_SIZE=512    # enable history editing in DDB
 #options       KGDB            # remote debugger
 #options       KGDB_DEVNAME="\"com\"",KGDB_DEVADDR=0x3f8,KGDB_DEVRATE=9600
-#makeoptions   DEBUG="-g"    # compile full symbol table
+makeoptions    DEBUG="-g"    # compile full symbol table

 # Compatibility options
 options        COMPAT_NOMID    # NetBSD 0.8, 386BSD, and BSDI
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 # Networking options
 #options       GATEWAY         # packet forwarding
 options        INET            # IP + ICMP + TCP + UDP
-options        INET6           # IPV6
+#options       INET6           # IPV6
 #options       IPSEC           # IP security
 #options       IPSEC_ESP       # IP security (encryption part; define w/IPSEC)
 #options       IPSEC_NAT_T     # IPsec NAT traversal (NAT-T)
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
                                # (acpi at mainbus must also be enabled)
 #options       MPACPI_SCANPCI  # find PCI roots using MPACPI

-#acpi0                 at mainbus0
+acpi0          at mainbus0
 #options       ACPI_PCI_FIXUP          # PCI interrupt routing via ACPI
 #options       ACPI_ACTIVATE_DEV       # If set, activate inactive devices
 #options       ACPICA_PEDANTIC         # force strict conformance to the Spec.
@@ -334,10 +334,10 @@
 # ACPI devices
 #acpiacad*     at acpi?                # ACPI AC Adapter
 #acpibat*      at acpi?                # ACPI Battery
-#acpibut*      at acpi?                # ACPI Button
-#acpiec*       at acpi?                # ACPI Embedded Controller
+acpibut*       at acpi?                # ACPI Button
+acpiec*        at acpi?                # ACPI Embedded Controller
 #acpilid*      at acpi?                # ACPI Lid Switch
-#acpitz*       at acpi?                # ACPI Thermal Zone
+acpitz*        at acpi?                # ACPI Thermal Zone

 # Mainboard devices
 #com*          at acpi?

Regards, Freddy