ifconfig on re0 panics Toshiba Satellite M115-S3094 with RealTek 8101E chipset

[Joe Talbott]

On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 03:23:12PM +0800, Sepherosa Ziehau wrote:
> On 12/10/06, Joe Talbott <josepht at cstone.net> wrote:
> >I bought a Toshiba Satellite M115-S3094 which has a PCIE NIC that has
> >a RealTek 8101E chip.  When I try to ifconfig the interface to assign
> >it an IP address my machine panics.  I have posted some photos of the
> >panic message and a db trace.  I have also posted a verbose dmesg and
> >pciconf output here:
> >
> >http://www.xenno.com/dfbsd/
> >
> >There are two directories 'panic1' and 'panic2'.  Panic1 says "RAM
> >parity error" and suggests hardware failure, yet this is the second
> >laptop (exact same model) that I've tried and the panic persists
> >(though I don't have pictures from the first laptop).  I am running
> >1.7.0-DEVELOPMENT from December 8, 2006.
> 
> Can you get a coredump, and post the back trace?  That will be helpful.

I was unable to get a coredump.  Entering 'panic' at the db> prompt
did not provide me with a core dump neither did 'call dodump'.
After syncing with today's HEAD I don't get the panic, though the
re(4) interface comes up I cannot pass data on the connection.

I have posted[1] the latest dmesg, pciconf, ifconfig and a tcpdump from
the laptop as it tries to ping my desktop using the re(4) interface.
The MAC addresses appear to be shifted the same as the first laptop as
I reported on IRC.

> 
> >
> >There are other issues as well that may or may not be related.  I have
> >a USB ethernet adaptor (aue) that auto negotiates to 10baseT/UTP on
> >FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE to negotiates to 100baseTX.  The laptop has
> 
> mmm, I didn't quite understand here, do you mean that aue(4) will
> operate at 10UTP on dfly?

Yes, on dfly aue(4) operates at 10UTP on freebsd it operates at 100TX.
I can force the interface to 100baseTX full-duplex and it works but
slightly slower than 10UTP.

> 
> >hung several times.  Once with an out of memory error from aue0 while
> >cvs up'ing the pkgsrc tree.  I have not been able to get it to dump
> >core.  Also the aue adaptor is only recognized if it plugged in while
> >booting.  Plugging it in once the laptop is booted yields nothing.
> 
> Please sync with today's HEAD

After syncing with HEAD the problem remains.

Thanks,
Joe

[1] http://www.xenno.com/dfbsd/

> 
> >
> >I am willing to help in any way necessary to further debug these
> >issues.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Joe Talbott
> >
> 
> Best Regards,
> sephe
> 
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