Atheros ale problems

[Pyun YongHyeon]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 01:18:58PM +0200, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm having problems with 8.0/amd64 with the following card:
> 
> ale0 at pci0:1:0:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x83041043 chip=0x10261969 
> rev=0xb0 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Attansic (Now owned by Atheros)'
>     device     = 'PCI-E ETHERNET CONTROLLER  (AR8121/AR8113 )'
>     class      = network
>     subclass   = ethernet
> 
> This is connected to a 100Mb/s Full Duplex switch with no fancy features.
> 
> 
> 
> Sometimes, while connected through ssh to this box, I get kicked out with:
> Disconnecting: Corrupted MAC on input.
> or:
> Disconnecting: Bad packet length 1686869659.
> 
> At the same time on the server's log and console, I see:
> 
> kernel: ale0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
> kernel: ale0: could not disable Tx/Rx MAC(0x00000008)!
> kernel: ale0: link state changed to DOWN
> kernel: ale0: link state changed to UP
> 
> I'm setting up this box, so I can't speak of other 
> protocols/applications yet.
> 
> 
> 
> I saw some threads about this dating back to 2008 and related to EEEPCs, 
> but this was supposed to be fixed.
> 
> Any help?
> 

Show me the output of "ifconfig ale0" and "sysctl dev.ale.0.stats".
And see whether your switch also agrees on resolved speed/duplex of
established link.