Number: 56478
Category: kern
Synopsis: unused wm0 periodically prints "device timeout" and causes kernel latency
Confidential: no
Severity: non-critical
Priority: medium
Responsible: kern-bug-people
State: open
Class: sw-bug
Submitter-Id: net
Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 31 08:05:00 +0000 2021
Originator: nia
Release: NetBSD 9.99.92 amd64
Organization:
The NetBSD Foundation, Inc
Environment:
NetBSD 9.99.92 amd64
Description:
booting with dhcpcd=YES, with no cable plugged into my wm0, it
periodically spams dmesg:
[ 1152.784855] wm0: device timeout (txfree 4032 txsfree 0 txnext 76)
[ 1176.035005] wm0: device timeout (txfree 4032 txsfree 0 txnext 79)
[ 1201.285172] wm0: device timeout (txfree 4032 txsfree 0 txnext 76)
until `ifconfig wm0 down`.
It causes audio skipping until the ifconfig down,
presumably due to a spike in system load.
How-To-Repeat:
Fix: