kern/64556: [sis] if_sis short cable fix problems with NetGear
FA311's
Thomas Hurst
tom at hur.st
Tue Feb 19 00:10:04 UTC 2008
The following reply was made to PR kern/64556; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Thomas Hurst <tom at hur.st>
To: Volker <volker at vwsoft.com>
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/64556: [sis] if_sis short cable fix problems with NetGear
FA311's
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:03:12 +0000
* Volker (volker at vwsoft.com) wrote:
> > A quick glance at the FreeBSD driver shows a DELAY(100000); which
> > probably accounts for the performance drops; each burst of 'short cable
> > fix' messages basically leaves the card idle for 300ms or so. The Linux
> > driver (drivers/net/natsemi.c) has no sign of such a delay.
>
> well, I'll leave it for the net-team to check if this DELAY can be
> shortened (it's 100 msec delay).
Yes, but they happen in clusters of 3 or so.
> > This all happens during card setup, sis_initl(), shouldn't this be only
> > happening once when it aquires the link, not randomly during operation?
>
> sis_initl is being called not just for initializing the card once, but
> whenever RX errors or state changes are detected.
Ah.
Linux showed a pretty high number of errors. Maybe it's worth being
less aggressive.
> I'm wondering if you can give us the following information as I think
> this will be needed for the net folks to further analyze your problem:
>
> pciconf -lv
> dmesg
hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71908086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge (AGP Implemented)'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
pcib1 at pci0:0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71918086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX AGPset PCI-to-PCI bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
isab0 at pci0:0:7:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71108086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4/4E/4M ISA Bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-ISA
atapci0 at pci0:0:7:1: class=0x010180 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71118086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4/4E/4M IDE Controller'
class = mass storage
subclass = ATA
uhci0 at pci0:0:7:2: class=0x0c0300 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71128086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4/4E/4M USB Interface'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
none0 at pci0:0:7:3: class=0x068000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71138086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4/4E/4M Power Management Controller'
class = bridge
sis0 at pci0:0:15:0: class=0x020000 card=0xf3111385 chip=0x0020100b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'National Semiconductors'
device = 'DP83815/16 Fast Ethernet Adapter (MacPhyter/MacPhyter-II)'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
sis1 at pci0:0:17:0: class=0x020000 card=0xf3111385 chip=0x0020100b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'National Semiconductors'
device = 'DP83815/16 Fast Ethernet Adapter (MacPhyter/MacPhyter-II)'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
atapci1 at pci0:0:19:0: class=0x018000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x00041103 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Triones Technologies Inc. (HighPoint)'
device = 'HPT3xx UDMA66/100/133 EIDE Controller'
class = mass storage
atapci2 at pci0:0:19:1: class=0x018000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x00041103 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Triones Technologies Inc. (HighPoint)'
device = 'HPT3xx UDMA66/100/133 EIDE Controller'
class = mass storage
vgapci0 at pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0xff03102b chip=0x0521102b rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd.'
device = 'Matrox lnc MGA-G200B Eclipse/Calao'
class = display
subclass = VGA
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FreeBSD 7.0-RC2 #0: Fri Feb 8 00:09:57 UTC 2008
root at logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (534.55-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x665 Stepping = 5
Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
real memory = 805240832 (767 MB)
avail memory = 774074368 (738 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <ABIT >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1
ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
acpi0: <ABIT AWRDACPI> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 100000, 2fef0000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 850
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff,0x4000-0x4041,0x5000-0x500f on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> on hostb0
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xdc000000-0xdcffffff,0xd8000000-0xd8003fff,0xd9000000-0xd97fffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 UDMA33 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xf000-0xf00f at device 7.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ata1: [ITHREAD]
uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> port 0xc000-0xc01f irq 19 at device 7.2 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usb0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
pci0: <bridge> at device 7.3 (no driver attached)
sis0: <NatSemi DP8381[56] 10/100BaseTX> port 0xc400-0xc4ff mem 0xde000000-0xde000fff irq 16 at device 15.0 on pci0
sis0: Silicon Revision: DP83815D
miibus0: <MII bus> on sis0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 0 on miibus0
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
sis0: Ethernet address: 00:02:e3:16:ed:b0
sis0: [ITHREAD]
sis1: <NatSemi DP8381[56] 10/100BaseTX> port 0xc800-0xc8ff mem 0xde001000-0xde001fff irq 19 at device 17.0 on pci0
sis1: Silicon Revision: DP83815D
miibus1: <MII bus> on sis1
ukphy1: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 0 on miibus1
ukphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
sis1: Ethernet address: 00:09:5b:04:10:f8
sis1: [ITHREAD]
atapci1: <HighPoint HPT366 UDMA66 controller> port 0xcc00-0xcc07,0xd000-0xd003,0xd400-0xd4ff irq 18 at device 19.0 on pci0
atapci1: [ITHREAD]
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata2: [ITHREAD]
atapci2: <HighPoint HPT366 UDMA66 controller> port 0xd800-0xd807,0xdc00-0xdc03,0xe000-0xe0ff irq 18 at device 19.1 on pci0
atapci2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ATA channel 0> on atapci2
ata3: [ITHREAD]
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f2-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: [FILTER]
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio0: [FILTER]
sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
sio1: [FILTER]
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xef000-0xeffff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
ppc0: parallel port not found.
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
ums0: <Microsoft Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical\M-., class 0/0, rev 1.10/1.21, addr 2> on uhub0
ums0: 3 buttons and Z dir.
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
acd0: CDROM <SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148F/PS05> at ata0-master PIO4
ad2: 38166MB <Seagate ST340016A 3.19> at ata1-master UDMA33
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad2s1a
sis0: Applying short cable fix (reg=ef)
sis0: Applying short cable fix (reg=e8)
sis0: Applying short cable fix (reg=e8)
sis0: Applying short cable fix (reg=e8)
sis0: Applying short cable fix (reg=e8)
sis0: Applying short cable fix (reg=e8)
> and the following when a bunch of network traffic has been generated:
>
> vmstat -ia
> netstat -i
After 9 minutes of bidirectional activity, culminating in the receiving
side failing:
interrupt total rate
??? 0 0
irq1: atkbd0 0 0
stray irq1 0 0
irq0: 0 0
stray irq0 0 0
irq3: sio1 0 0
stray irq3 0 0
irq4: sio0 0 0
stray irq4 0 0
irq5: 0 0
stray irq5 0 0
irq6: fdc0 0 0
stray irq6 0 0
irq7: 0 0
stray irq7 0 0
irq8: 0 0
stray irq8 0 0
irq9: acpi0 0 0
stray irq9 0 0
irq10: 0 0
stray irq10 0 0
irq11: 0 0
stray irq11 0 0
irq12: 0 0
stray irq12 0 0
irq13: 0 0
stray irq13 0 0
irq14: ata0 57 0
stray irq14 0 0
irq15: ata1 1329 1
stray irq15 0 0
irq16: sis0 8296315 6285
stray irq16 0 0
irq17: 0 0
stray irq17 0 0
irq18: atapci1+ 0 0
stray irq18 0 0
irq19: sis1 uhci0 4 0
stray irq19 0 0
irq20: 0 0
stray irq20 0 0
irq21: 0 0
stray irq21 0 0
irq22: 0 0
stray irq22 0 0
irq23: 0 0
stray irq23 0 0
cpu0: timer 2637855 1998
cpu1: timer 2635648 1996
Total 13571208 10281
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll
sis0 1500 <Link#1> 00:02:e3:16:ed:b0 5465231 0 5759894 0 0
sis0 1500 10.0.1.0 10.0.1.122 5465224 - 5760193 - -
sis1* 1500 <Link#2> 00:09:5b:04:10:f8 0 0 0 0 0
lo0 16384 <Link#3> 0 0 0 0 0
lo0 16384 fe80:3::1 fe80:3::1 0 - 0 - -
lo0 16384 localhost ::1 0 - 0 - -
lo0 16384 your-net localhost 0 - 0 - -
> Also just a wild guess as the problems might be related: PR
> kern/112179 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/112179
> contains a patch, can you try if you see any difference with that
> patch applied?
Will do.
--
Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst
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