usb/140883: axe(4) USB gigabit ethernet hangs after short period of traffic

[Hans Petter Selasky]

The following reply was made to PR usb/140883; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky at c2i.net>
To: freebsd-usb at freebsd.org
Cc: sub mesa <sub.mesa at gmail.com>,
 freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: usb/140883: axe(4) USB gigabit ethernet hangs after short period of traffic
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:32:43 +0100

 On Thursday 26 November 2009 03:59:55 sub mesa wrote:
 > >Number:         140883
 > >Category:       usb
 > >Synopsis:       axe(4) USB gigabit ethernet hangs after short period of
 > > traffic Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    freebsd-usb
 > >State:          open
 > >Quarter:
 > >Keywords:
 > >Date-Required:
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 26 03:00:11 UTC 2009
 > >Closed-Date:
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     sub mesa
 > >Release:        FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE i386
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 >
 > FreeBSD gut 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Nov 25 14:30:17 CET
 > 2009     xor at xor:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/XOR  i386
 >
 > >Description:
 >
 > I own a USB gigabit ethernet adapter with ASIX Electronics AX88178 chip
 > supported by the axe(4) driver in FreeBSD 8.0. It works, but it 'freezes'
 > or 'hangs' after some traffic, like downloading at ~50Mbps for 5-10 minutes
 > will cause the device to freeze. This has been happening since a long time
 > on 8.0, ever since i bought the device and was running one of the early
 > beta's. Upgrading to the final release of 8.0 did not resolve the issue.
 >
 > Googling on the problem i found this mailinglist thread:
 > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-April/005738.html
 >
 > However, there doesn't seem to be a single conclusion. Even though my
 > product ("Belkin F5D5055") seems to be supported according to the axe(4)
 > manpage, it doesn't get detected as such, rather with a vendor id. Quoting
 > dmesg output:
 >
 > axe0: <vendor 0x050d product 0x5055, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2> on usbus4
 > axe0: PHYADDR 0xe0:0x01
 > miibus1: <MII bus> on axe0
 > ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axe0
 >
 > May i suggest removing the Belkin F5D5055 from the supported devices list
 > in the axe(4) manpage, until a fix has been committed? I specifically
 > bought the device believing it would work since it was explicitly listed in
 > the manpage. As of 8.0, it doesn't even get detected by name. It is of
 > course possible my device is of a different revision.
 >
 > I would be happy to try any patches.
 >
 > Also see:
 > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8661
 >
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 >
 > Connect axe(4) gigabit ethernet device
 > Send/receive packets using the ueX ethernet device
 > Device will stop receiving/transmitting packets after a short while
 >
 > >Fix:
 >
 > Workaround: re-plug device or use usbreset command. No fix known.
 >
 > >Release-Note:
 > >Audit-Trail:
 > >Unformatted:
 
 You can try enabling debugging:
 
 sysctl hw.usb.axe.debug=15
 
 --HPS