Problems with realtek NIC

[Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen]

On 01.05.2021 21.09, Nilton Jose Rizzo wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I using a FreeBSD 14-Current and get random error with my NIC. The watchdog timer send a timeout message and I loose connection temporaly. In logs show only this message:
>
> May  1 14:24:18 valfenda kernel: re0: watchdog timeout
> May  1 14:24:18 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to DOWN
> May  1 14:24:22 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to UP
> May  1 14:46:12 valfenda kernel: re0: watchdog timeout
> May  1 14:46:12 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to DOWN
> May  1 14:46:16 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to UP
> May  1 14:58:58 valfenda kernel: re0: watchdog timeout
> May  1 14:58:58 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to DOWN
> May  1 14:59:02 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to UP
> May  1 15:06:20 valfenda kernel: re0: watchdog timeout
> May  1 15:06:20 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to DOWN
> May  1 15:06:25 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to UP
> May  1 15:25:32 valfenda kernel: re0: watchdog timeout
> May  1 15:25:32 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to DOWN
> May  1 15:25:36 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to UP
> May  1 15:28:24 valfenda kernel: re0: watchdog timeout
> May  1 15:28:24 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to DOWN
> May  1 15:28:28 valfenda kernel: re0: link state changed to UP
>
> This occur frequently when i use a Mozilla Firefox in meet session, but not only in this case.
>
> My box:
>
> % uname -a
> FreeBSD valfenda 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #0 main-7ea3223c7: Thu Apr 22 13:24:05 -03 2021     rizzo at valfenda:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC  amd64
> % pkg info -a | grep firefox
> firefox-88.0,2                 Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla
> % kldstat
> Id Refs Address                Size Name
>   1   85 0xffffffff80200000  2131010 kernel
>   2    1 0xffffffff82333000     91d0 cryptodev.ko
>   3    1 0xffffffff8233d000   7cae50 zfs.ko
>   4    1 0xffffffff83010000     d940 geom_eli.ko
>   5    1 0xffffffff8301e000     3530 fdescfs.ko
>   6    1 0xffffffff83022000     3378 acpi_wmi.ko
>   7    1 0xffffffff83026000     3218 intpm.ko
>   8    1 0xffffffff8302a000     2180 smbus.ko
>   9    1 0xffffffff8302d000   10b310 nvidia-modeset.ko
> 10    1 0xffffffff83200000  1e834a8 nvidia.ko
> 11    2 0xffffffff83139000    378f8 linux.ko
> 12    3 0xffffffff83171000     db70 linux_common.ko
> 13    1 0xffffffff8317f000     3238 filemon.ko
> 14    1 0xffffffff83183000     5730 cuse.ko
> 15    1 0xffffffff83189000     3160 amdtemp.ko
> 16    1 0xffffffff8318d000     2138 amdsmn.ko
> 17    1 0xffffffff83190000     e538 snd_uaudio.ko
> 18    1 0xffffffff8319f000     2340 uhid.ko
> 19    1 0xffffffff831a2000     2380 usbhid.ko
> 20    1 0xffffffff831a5000     31f8 hidbus.ko
> 21    1 0xffffffff831a9000     3320 wmt.ko
> 22    1 0xffffffff831ad000     4350 ums.ko
> 23    1 0xffffffff831b2000    27040 ipfw.ko
> 24    1 0xffffffff831da000    1ae88 ext2fs.ko
> 25    1 0xffffffff85084000    11f10 fusefs.ko
> 26    1 0xffffffff831f5000     5354 geom_linux_lvm.ko
> 27    1 0xffffffff85096000    56ec0 vboxdrv.ko
> %
>
> TIA,
> Rizzo
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Back on 12 net/realtek-re-kmod solved it for me.

With the following in /boot/loader.conf

if_re_load="YES"
if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"