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Date:      Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:54:00 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Forrest" <praxis@techpraxis.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Please help: -- sis0 : watchdog timeout?
Message-ID:  <001d01c0c32e$1dea9a40$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <B6FAAE82.722A%praxis@techpraxis.com>

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You don't say what model/type of switch you have which hinders
troubleshooting.  But, first I'd try using ifconfig to lock both
interfaces into 10BaseT half-duplex and see if the problem goes
away or not.

Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:         http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com


>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Forrest
>Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 1:00 AM
>To: FreeBSD Questions
>Subject: Please help: -- sis0 : watchdog timeout?
>
>
>A Call for help from the excellence of this list:
>
>My FreeBSD box is giving me TROUBLE.... If someone could detect what is
>wrong, and if it is a bug, please tell me how to submit it to the kernel
>people...
>
>I have two ethernet interfaces, a 3Com 905C-TX that is flawless so far, it
>uses the "xl" driver, and an onboard LAN port that was autodetected at
>FreeBSD install and assigned the "sis" driver.
>
>Description of problem:  seconds after pluggin' my second ethernet
>interface
>into my switch, (also occurs plugged into a Netgear 10BT hub), no matter
>what cat-5 cable I use(I switched out cables furiously), I get this message
>on the console:
>
>Mymachine /kernel: sis0: watchdog timeout
>Then ping yields:
>Ping: sendto: Host is down
>(repeats until Ctrl-C)
>
>Description of freebsd system:
>FreeBSD 4.3-BETA, running kernel compiled from sources.
>
>Description of hardware:
>Processor: Athlon 600 MHz
>Motherboard: ECS K7ASA w/ AGP slot, two PCI Bus Master UDMA ports, 2 ATAPI
>ea.
>RAM: 256 MB PC 100 SDRAM, 3.3V unbuffered DIMMS.
>---> Embedded Network interface:
>
>Here is the results of /sbin/dmesg:
>
>Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
>Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 598839452 Hz
>CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor (598.84-MHz 686-class CPU)
>  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x621  Stepping = 1
>
>Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,
>MCA,CMOV,
>PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
>  AMD Features=0xc0400000<AMIE,DSP,3DNow!>
>real memory  = 134217728 (131072K bytes)
>config> di sn0
>config> di lnc0
>config> di ie0
>config> di fe0
>config> di cs0
>config> q
>avail memory = 126726144 (123756K bytes)
>Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc03d5000.
>Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc03d509c.
>Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
>md0: Malloc disk
>npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
>npx0: INT 16 interface
>pcib0: <AMD-751 host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
>pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
>pcib1: <AMD-751 PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
>pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
>pci1: <ATI Mach64-GB graphics accelerator> at 5.0 irq 11
>isab0: <PCI to ISA bridge (vendor=1022 device=7408)> at device 7.0 on pci0
>isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
>atapci0: <AMD 756 ATA66 controller> port 0xf000-0xf00f at device
>7.1 on pci0
>ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
>ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
>chip1: <PCI to Other bridge (vendor=1022 device=740b)> at device
>7.3 on pci0
>ohci0: <AMD-756 USB Controller> mem 0xefffe000-0xefffefff irq 9 at device
>7.4 on pci0
>usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
>usb0: SMM does not respond, resetting
>usb0: <AMD-756 USB Controller> on ohci0
>usb0: USB revision 1.0
>uhub0: AMD OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
>xl0: <3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xd400-0xd47f mem
>0xefffdf80-0xefffdfff irq 5 at device 10.0 on pci0
>xl0: Ethernet address: 00:01:02:87:04:af
>miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
>xlphy0: <3c905C 10/100 internal PHY> on miibus0
>xlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x14f1, dev=0x1036) at 11.0 irq 9
>ahc0: <Adaptec 2910/15/20/30C SCSI adapter> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem
>0xeffff000-0xefffffff irq 10 at device 12.0 on pci0
>ahc0: Host Adapter Bios disabled.  Using default SCSI device parameters
>aic7850: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/255 SCBs
>sis0: <SiS 900 10/100BaseTX> port 0xcc00-0xccff mem 0xefffc000-0xefffcfff
>irq 9
>at device 14.0 on pci0
>sis0: Ethernet address: 00:d0:09:53:6f:82
>miibus1: <MII bus> on sis0
>ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus1
>ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x13f6, dev=0x0111) at 15.0 irq 10
>fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
>fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
>fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
>atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
>atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
>kbd0 at atkbd0
>vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
>sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
>sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
>sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
>sio0: type 16550A
>sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
>sio1: type 16550A
>ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
>ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
>plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
>lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
>lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
>ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
>IP Filter: v3.4.16 initialized.  Default = pass all, Logging = enabled
>ad0: 29314MB <IBM-DTLA-307030> [59560/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66
>acd0: CDROM <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6102B> at ata1-master using PIO3
>Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
>Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a
>xl0: promiscuous mode enabled
>sis0: watchdog timeout
>sis0: watchdog timeout
>
> and the result of ifconfig:
>xl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>        inet <<ipaddress>> netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 64.221.116.255
>        inet6 fe80::201:2ff:fe87:4af%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>        ether 00:01:02:87:04:af
>        media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP) status: active
>        supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
>10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP 100baseTX <hw-loopback>
>sis0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>        inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
>        inet6 fe80::2d0:9ff:fe53:6f82%sis0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
>        ether 00:d0:09:53:6f:82
>        media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active
>        supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
>10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP none
>lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
>        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>faith0: flags=8000<MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
>gif1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
>gif2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
>gif3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
>
>Any other details that help in troubleshooting can be provided on request.
>Thank you,
>Forrest H.
>
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