Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:41:00 -0700 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros ale problems Message-ID: <20100701224100.GG7090@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <4C209C22.7080900@netfence.it> References: <4C209C22.7080900@netfence.it>
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On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 01:18:58PM +0200, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Hello. > > I'm having problems with 8.0/amd64 with the following card: > > ale0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x83041043 chip=0x10261969 > rev=0xb0 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Attansic (Now owned by Atheros)' > device = 'PCI-E ETHERNET CONTROLLER (AR8121/AR8113 )' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > This is connected to a 100Mb/s Full Duplex switch with no fancy features. > > > > Sometimes, while connected through ssh to this box, I get kicked out with: > Disconnecting: Corrupted MAC on input. > or: > Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1686869659. > > At the same time on the server's log and console, I see: > > kernel: ale0: watchdog timeout -- resetting > kernel: ale0: could not disable Tx/Rx MAC(0x00000008)! > kernel: ale0: link state changed to DOWN > kernel: ale0: link state changed to UP > > I'm setting up this box, so I can't speak of other > protocols/applications yet. > > > > I saw some threads about this dating back to 2008 and related to EEEPCs, > but this was supposed to be fixed. > > Any help? > Show me the output of "ifconfig ale0" and "sysctl dev.ale.0.stats". And see whether your switch also agrees on resolved speed/duplex of established link.
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