RE: 6.0 BETA1: "nve0: device timeout(..)" on amd64 with nForce4 ethernet

Well, it's not perfect on x86 either.  I've got a
Shuttle Small Form Factor Desktop SN25P with an
Athlon64 but running i386 kernel with the onboard
ethernet.  Under 5.4 it didn't work at all but now on
6.0beta1 it works for a while and then I get the nve0:
device timeout(..) errors that repeat forever.  If I
try to ping something there's an error about a buffer
or something, can't remember the exact syntax.

Is there an easy way to reload the driver without
rebooting?  I tried ifconfig down and netstart but I
guess it's dead more low down in the system than that.

Also, I am running 4BSD right now and it may die once
a day to several times per day but I can't remember it
dying when I was testing ULE for a while so I may
switch back to ULE for a bit and report back if that
has any positive effect.

>From my /var/log/messages
Jul 24 21:27:46 alan kernel: nve0: link state changed
to DOWN
Jul 24 21:27:48 alan kernel: nve0: link state changed
to UP
Jul 24 21:29:09 alan kernel: nve0: device timeout (4)
Jul 24 21:29:09 alan kernel: nve0: link state changed
to DOWN
Jul 24 21:29:11 alan kernel: nve0: link state changed
to UP
Jul 24 21:30:21 alan kernel: nve0: device timeout (4)
Jul 24 21:30:21 alan kernel: nve0: link state changed
to DOWN
Jul 24 21:30:23 alan kernel: nve0: link state changed
to UP
Jul 24 21:31:08 alan kernel: nve0: device timeout (4)

So after a while and tons of these it eventually dies.

--Alan





--- Daniel Dvorak <dandee_at_hellteam.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have the same configuration and I can confirm
> this.
> Sorry for no details. I do not know how to find
> them.
> In /var/log/messages, there is only nve0:device
> timout.
> 
> Dan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org] On Behalf
> Of Paul Richards
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 2:44 PM
> To: freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> Subject: 6.0 BETA1: "nve0: device timeout(..)" on
> amd64 with nForce4
> ethernet
> 
> Hi,
> I have an amd64 machine with onboard nForce4
> ethernet.  When I attempt
> to use the interface nve0 I get no data transfer and
> errors reporting:
> nve0: device timeout(..)
> 
> I reported this same problem a couple of months ago
> but nobody seemed
> to know of a solution.  I decided to try the 6.0
> BETA1 release to see
> if it had been fixed but unfortunately the answer is
> no.
> 
> I hope this report is helpful in someway,
> 
> 
> -- 
> Paul Richards
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