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Date:      Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:07:29 -0200
From:      "Nenhum_de_Nos" <matheus@eternamente.info>
To:        pyunyh@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: usb/140883: [axe] [usb8] USB gigabit ethernet hangs after short period of traffic
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On Fri, November 19, 2010 20:02, Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 07:49:57PM -0200, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, November 19, 2010 19:23, Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
>> > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 06:23:50PM -0200, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote:
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> >> > Ok, try again after downloading new if_axe.c and let me know
>> >> > the output "EEPROM data : 0xXX, phymode : 0xXX" shown on your
>> >> > console.
>> >>
>> >> never got to see that message. I saw the diff to previous version,
>> and
>> >> did
>> >> boot into verbose mode (dmesg attached). there were just the belkin
>> >> gigabit nic on boot. after, the linksys USB200M:
>> >>
>> >> axe1: <vendor 0x13b1 product 0x0018, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3> on usbus2
>> >> axe1: PHYADDR 0xe0:0x10
>> >> miibus2: <MII bus> on axe1
>> >> ukphy1: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 16 on miibus2
>> >> ukphy1: OUI 0x000ec6, model 0x0001, rev. 1
>> >> ukphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>> >> ue1: <USB Ethernet> on axe1
>> >> ue1: bpf attached
>> >> invalid media SR 0x700
>> >> invalid media SR 0x700
>> >>
>> >
>> > This is normal, the message I said will show up when you use
>> > gigabit controller, AX88178. This controller is fast ethernet
>> > controller, AX88772A.
>>
>> yes, I just tried to show that message with other nic.
>>
>> >>
>> >> and the other gigabit:
>> >>
>> >> ugen2.4: <vendor 0x050d> at usbus2
>> >> axe2: <vendor 0x050d product 0x5055, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 4> on usbus2
>> >> axe2: PHYADDR 0xe0:0x01
>> >> miibus3: <MII bus> on axe2
>> >> truephy1: <ET1011 10/100/1000baseT PHY> PHY 1 on miibus3
>> >> truephy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX,
>> >> 1000baseT-FDX,
>> >> auto
>> >> ue2: <USB Ethernet> on axe2
>> >> ue2: bpf attached
>> >> ue2: Ethernet address: my mac here
>> >> ue2: link state changed to DOWN
>> >>
>> >> and never got to see the EEPROM message.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Two odd things here. This controller looks like Belkin F5D5055 and
>>
>> yes, it's this one.
>>
>> > it is gigabit controller. So it should print the message I
>> > mentioned in previous mail. Are you sure you rebuild/reboot your
>> > kernel?
>>
>> as usual, just rebuilt the axe module ... so I'm going to rebuild now.
>> this is a slow box, and might take a couple of hours. Will try to do it
>> also in a notebook running stable to speedup the process.
>>
>> > The second odd thing is now truephy(4) PHY driver is attached to
>> > your controller. Previously it was ukphy(4) generic PHY driver.
>> > This means accessing GMII is not reliable such that reading OUI of
>> > PHY changed its value. Maybe this could the reason why you see lots
>> > of link UP/DOWN messages since mii(4) periodically polls a register
>> > through GMII. If the register value read through GMII constantly
>> > changes it will cause all sorts of problems.
>> > I'm not sure whether this is axe(4) issue or USB stack issue. I
>> > also have Belkin F5D5055 controller and has no such problems so I
>> > guess it could be related with other parts of USB stack.
>> >
>> > To easily identify issues for a controller, it would be better to
>> > remove all other axe(4) controllers except one you want to test.
>>
>> ok, I was also testing that other issue. Will separate things from now
>> on.
>> no problem using stable from October 7, right ?
>>
>
> Hmm, that depends on your environments. To test USB issues it would
> be better to use stable/8.

both are 8-stable from the beginning of October. As the faster is already
compiling things, and it takes 1h max, I'll try this way and can after
update to today 8-stable.

if anything, just say :)

thanks,

matheus

>> thanks,
>>
>> matheus
>


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