CFT: vr(4)
Pyun YongHyeon
pyunyh at gmail.com
Sun Feb 17 06:31:27 UTC 2008
On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 07:49:01PM +0100, Milan Obuch wrote:
> On Monday 11 February 2008, Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:40:01PM +0100, Milan Obuch wrote:
> > > On Monday 04 February 2008, Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > did anybody test Routerboard 44? It is quad network card, uses VT6105M
> > > chips as network controller (Via) and PCI6152 as PCI-PCI bridge (PLX
> > > Technology). With both stock if_vr and modified from site given above it
> > > partially works - interfaces are created, ifconfig works, but even
> > > pinging some host in local network (I achieve the effect with ping -f in
> > > a minue or so) hangs system. Nothing on my console, nothing in system
> > > log. Only hard powerdown restores system in functioning state.
> > >
> > > I tested it with stock vr driver in both 6 and 7 stable on both i386 and
> > > amd64, and now with overhauled vr in 8 freshly cvsupped and two files
> > > replaced on i386.
> > >
> > > If anybody has any idea or some patches I could test, I will.
> >
> > I have tested 4-port Rhine III(6105LOM) and I never seen this hangs.
> > Does this also happen on other network interface too?
> > When the system hangs, would you break into DDB and show me
> > the output of 'show alllocks' and 'ps'?
> >
>
> I need some tests with another box. I was not able to break into DDB.
> Ctrl-Alt-Esc worked until hang. Hang was really hard, Ctrl-Alt-Esc did not
> invoke DDB. I do not feel if_vr is culprit here, more probably PCI bus got
> somehow locked, but I have no idea how could I test it currently.
>
Serial console may work better for this situation. In order to rule
out vr(4) you may have to try another network card on your box.
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Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon
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