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Re: Call for testing "Attansic/Atheros L1 gigabit ethernet"



On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 08:58:11AM +0100, Christoph Egger wrote:
> Quentin Garnier wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 06:48:48PM +0100, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> >> On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:26:14 +0100
> >> Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost> wrote:
> >>
> >>>> I am interested in testing this driver in NetBSD 5 BETA. Copying the
> >>>> relevant src files(if_age.c and if_agereg.h) is all that is
> >>>> necessary?
> >>> No, you need more to get the complete driver:
> >> [...]
> >> I patched my 5.0 Beta source tree as you sugested. It builds clean, the
> >> age0 device is attached. But when I try to use it I get this kernel
> >> message:
> >> arpresolve: unable to enter address for 192.168.1.254@40 on null (could 
> >> not allocate llinfo)
> >> arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo on age0 for 192.168.1.254
> >>
> >> Any hints for further debugging?
> > 
> > That's a symptom of a botched port from OpenBSD, in the ioctl routine.
> 
> Thanks to Jochen Kunz help with testing, the ioctl handling and
> a bug in handlig Rx interrupts have been fixed.
> Now the driver seems to be functional:
> 
> ping -nf 192.168.2.1
> PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1): 56 data bytes
> ^C
> 
> ----192.168.2.1 PING Statistics----
> 28949 packets transmitted, 28949 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.157/0.364/2.272/0.023 ms
>   2710.6 packets/sec sent,  2710.6 packets/sec received
> 
> I hope, more people will give it a try now.

Try it with bigger packets, this is a chip from Attansic/Atheros after
all :-)

-- 
Quentin Garnier - cube%cubidou.net@localhost - cube%NetBSD.org@localhost
"See the look on my face from staying too long in one place
[...] every time the morning breaks I know I'm closer to falling"
KT Tunstall, Saving My Face, Drastic Fantastic, 2007.

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