amd64/95056: Nvidia Nforce ETH Driver -> Timeout Errors

[Peter Johansson]

>Number:         95056
>Category:       amd64
>Synopsis:       Nvidia Nforce ETH Driver -> Timeout Errors
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar 28 21:50:20 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Peter Johansson
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE
>Organization:
Home
>Environment:
FreeBSD Codename7 6.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #0: Tue Mar 28 21:46:40 CEST 2006     root at Codename7:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/Pete-Kernel  amd64

>Description:
Iam having issues with my nforce ETH Nic, Timeout errors
Hence every test have used the same amount network traffic, under the same time

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#FreeBSD 6-RELEASE - if_nve.c version 1.7.2.7#
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* timeout errors every minute
* after 10 - 15 minutes network dies, and i need to force a /etc/rc.d/netif restart to get my net back, However after the 3rd die i /etc/rc.d/netif restart wont help, i need to do a reboot to get my net back.

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#FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELASE - if_nve.c version 1.7.2.8#
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* timeout errors every minute + one second system freeze between every timeout
(Mouse hangs / Music Hangs / System Hangs for a second)
(!!!Hence version 1.7.2.7 never gave a system hang between every timeout!!!!)
Also on this version the net dies every 10 - 15 minutes, and also after the 3rd die i need to force a reboot to get my net back.

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#FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELASE - if_nve.c version 1.20   #
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I have downloaded this if_nve.c driver trough cvsup using tag=.
and after that placed if_nve.c if_nvereg.h + the contrib/dev/nve/ dir into
the 6.1-PRERELASE src/sys folder

However this driver seems to work best due
My network havent died completley yet, i havent had to force a 
/etc/rc.d/netif restart nor had to do a reboot.

Anyhow the timeout issues still exsists and the system freezes for a second between every timeout.

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My hardware is the following

Motherboard -> Tyan Thunder 2895 - K8WE
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html

nForce™ Professional 2200 and 2050 core-logic solutions,
I dont know if this some customized chipset or whatever, i think it's just an ordianry nforce4 eth chipset ive gotten.

Iam marking this bug serious due this is my workstation / desktop PC
and yes my only PCI slot already gotten a soundcard connected ;)
So i dont have the money to buy a PCI Express Network Card.
I have to stick with the nforce one ^^

Iam absolutley intressted in testing new patches, etc
I have no good C/C++ programming experience so sadly i cant try to code this by myself ='(

Regards
Pete
>How-To-Repeat:
I have no idea what you mean by this
>Fix:
Rewrite the code?
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: