Re: [nfe] NVIDIA nForce4 CK804 MCP9 isn't working

On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 02:18:02AM +0400, Yuri Pankov wrote:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > I've tried to use if_nfe with NVIDIA nForce4 CK804 MCP9 NIC (was
 > using if_nve before without issues).
 > 
 > FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #3: Wed Mar 28 00:44:12 MSD 2007 amd64
 > 
 > almost GENERIC kernel, only changes are SCHED_ULE and nodevice nve.
 > 
 > dmesg:
 > nfe0: <NVIDIA nForce4 CK804 MCP9 Networking Adapter> port 0xe800-0xe807
 > mem 0xf5102000-0xf5102fff irq 23 at device 10.0 on pci0
 > nfe0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
 > nfe0: bpf attached
 > nfe0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:ea:7d:f3:20
 > nfe0: [MPSAFE]
 > nfe0: [ITHREAD]
 > miibus1: <MII bus> on nfe0
 > ciphy0: <Cicada CS8201 10/100/1000TX PHY> PHY 7 on miibus1
 > ciphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT,
 > 1000baseT-FDX, auto
 > nfe0: link state changed to DOWN
 > nfe0: gigabit link up
 > nfe0: link state changed to UP
 > 
 > pciconf:
 > nfe0_at_pci0:10:0: class=0x068000 card=0xe0001458 chip=0x005710de rev=0xa3
 > hdr=0x00
 >     vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
 >     device     = 'nForce4 Ultra NVidia Network Bus Enumerator'
 >     class      = bridge
 > 
 > ifconfig:
 > nfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
 > 1500
 >         options=2b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,JUMBO_MTU>
 >         ether 00:0f:ea:7d:f3:20
 >         inet 10.10.10.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.10.10.255
 >         media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX <full-duplex>)
 >         status: active
 > 
 > ping 10.10.10.2 gives following tcpdump output:
 > 01:45:37.304300 arp who-has 10.10.10.2 tell 10.10.10.1
 > 01:45:38.305363 arp who-has 10.10.10.2 tell 10.10.10.1
 > 01:45:39.306300 arp who-has 10.10.10.2 tell 10.10.10.1
 > and so on...
 > 
 > arp -a:
 > ? (10.10.10.2) at (incomplete) on nfe0 [ethernet]
 > 
 > Manually changing media options, -rxcsum, -txcsum, adding static ARP
 > entry for 10.10.10.2 doesn't help.
 > 
 > (and to mention once more, exactly the same setup, including ethernet
 > media options, works with if_nve).
 > 

How about new nfe(4) in the following URL?
http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/nfe/if_nfe.c
http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/nfe/if_nfereg.h
http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/nfe/if_nfevar.h

I'm not sure but you may also need to apply attached ciphy(4) patch.

 > -- 
 > Yuri



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Pyun YongHyeon