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On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 12:34:36PM +0300, Jukka Marin wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I'm running i386 port -current on AMD64 hardware with a nfe Ethernet
> interface.  I have been experiencing Ethernet lock-ups ever since I
> started using this system.  I just build a new kernel from fresh
> sources, but the problem still exists.  It seems I can repeat the
> problem by starting Opera with multiple windows.
>=20
> The machine is still alive, but Ethernet is completely dead (no ping
> response etc.).  Doing ifconfig down/up does not help.  Sometimes
> nfe comes back alive after 10-15 seconds, most often it requires a reboot.

For me (running under /amd64), it always comes back, after 5-15 minutes.
And it does seem it may be caused by some traffic patterns.
Tx stays working throughout.

>=20
> dmesg:
>=20
> nfe0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0APCH: Picked IRQ 21 with weight 1
> : ioapic0 pin 21 (irq 5), address 00:e0:81:55:90:81
> makphy0 at nfe0 phy 1: Marvell 88E1111 Gigabit PHY, rev. 2
> makphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT,
> 1000baseT-FDX, auto
>=20
> ifconfig:
>=20
> nfe0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         address: 00:e0:81:55:90:81
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex)
>         status: active
>         inet 10.1.0.4 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.1.0.255
>         inet6 fe80::2e0:81ff:fe55:9081%nfe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
>=20
>   -jm

	Jonathan Kollasch

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