Re: RTL8102E (if_re) doesn't work with -current

From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:28:37 +0900
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:41:55PM +0900, To Bruce Cran wrote:
 > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 07:15:41PM -0800, Bruce Cran wrote:
 >  > Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
 >  > >On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 09:30:02AM -0800, Bruce Cran wrote:
 >  > > > I just upgraded an HP Pavillion laptop from 7.1-RC1 to 8-CURRENT last 
 >  > > > night and now the network doesn't work.  This laptop has a RTL8102E 
 >  > > > chip, and no errors appear in the logs - it attaches and doesn't claim 
 >  > > > to have any TX/RX errors, but it just doesn't do anything.  I've 
 >  > > > attached the dmesg from a verbose boot.   I've seen messages saying 
 >  > > > there might be issues with MSI interrupts - is that possibly an issue 
 >  > > here?
 >  > > > 
 >  > >
 >  > >No, it is in disabled state by default.
 >  > >The issue could be related with link state tracking code in re(4).
 >  > >Would you show me the output of "devinfo -rv | grep rlphy"?
 >  > >How about unplugging/replugging UTP cable?
 >  > >Does it make any difference?
 >  > >  
 >  > 
 >  > devinfo provides the output:
 >  >                rlphy0 pnpinfo oui=0x20 model=0x20 rev=0x1 at phyno=1
 >  > 
 >  > I let the startup continue so that dhclient was still running in the 
 >  > background, and I started getting lots of messages:
 >  > 
 >  > arp: 00:1e:ec:72:2b:8e attempts to modify permanent entry for 0.0.0.0 on re0
 >  > 
 >  > After unplugging the replugging the UTP cable the messages
 >  > 
 >  > re0: link state changed to DOWN
 >  > re0: link state changed to UP
 >  > 
 >  > apppeared in the logs but dhclient still didn't get any replies, and the 
 >  > arp messages started again.
 >  > 
 > 
 > Hmm, this seem to happen when link partner doesn't support NWAY
 > autonegotiation. Can you confirm that?
 > And would you try attached patch? Also show me the outout of
 > "ifconfig re0" before/after applying attached patch.

Please try this one, there was a typo in previous patch.

-- 
Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon

Received on Wed Dec 17 2008 - 03:28:45 UTC

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