NetBSD Problem Report #48570

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From: kakuro69@gmail.com
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To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: Xircom RBE-100 cause system freeze (NetBSD 6.1.3 NetBSD/i386)
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>Number:         48570
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       Xircom RBE-100 cause system freeze (NetBSD 6.1.3 NetBSD/i386)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-i386-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 04 00:20:00 +0000 2014
>Last-Modified:  Mon Jun 02 01:55:00 +0000 2014
>Originator:     mk2soldier
>Release:        6.1.3
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD 6.1.3 NetBSD 6.1.3 (GENERIC) i386
>Description:
I'm experiencing a problem with my PCMCIA based NIC, it's a Xircom RBE-100 card (I'm on NetBSD 6.1.3 i386) when I try to activate it with this command: "ifconfig tlp0 inet 192.168.1.85 netmask 255.255.255.0 up" the led on the card blink but few seconds later the laptop freezes and I have to manually restart it.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
From: David Holland <dholland-bugs@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/48570: Xircom RBE-100 cause system freeze (NetBSD
 6.1.3 NetBSD/i386)
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:34:51 +0000

 On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 12:20:00AM +0000, kakuro69@gmail.com wrote:
  > I'm experiencing a problem with my PCMCIA based NIC, it's a Xircom
  > RBE-100 card (I'm on NetBSD 6.1.3 i386) when I try to activate it
  > with this command: "ifconfig tlp0 inet 192.168.1.85 netmask
  > 255.255.255.0 up" the led on the card blink but few seconds later
  > the laptop freezes and I have to manually restart it.

 Are you in a position to build a kernel with TLP_DEBUG enabled? I'm
 not sure if this will help, but with luck it will give at least some
 further info.

 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland@netbsd.org

From: Filippo Ravanello <kakuro69@gmail.com>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/48570: Xircom RBE-100 cause system freeze (NetBSD 6.1.3 NetBSD/i386)
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 10:24:00 +0200

 Hi David, thank you for your reply, and excuse me for the delay in mine.
 At the moment I=92ve installed NetBSD 6.1.4 (i386) on the same old =
 machine, the issue persists also in this release. I=92ve wiped out 6.1.4 =
 and installed NetBSD 5.2.2 (i386) instead and curiously the tlp0 based =
 NIC works out of the box.

 On 22 Feb 2014, at 19:35, David Holland <dholland-bugs@netbsd.org> =
 wrote:

 > The following reply was made to PR port-i386/48570; it has been noted =
 by GNATS.
 >=20
 > From: David Holland <dholland-bugs@netbsd.org>
 > To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 > Cc:=20
 > Subject: Re: port-i386/48570: Xircom RBE-100 cause system freeze =
 (NetBSD
 > 6.1.3 NetBSD/i386)
 > Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:34:51 +0000
 >=20
 > On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 12:20:00AM +0000, kakuro69@gmail.com wrote:
 >> I'm experiencing a problem with my PCMCIA based NIC, it's a Xircom
 >> RBE-100 card (I'm on NetBSD 6.1.3 i386) when I try to activate it
 >> with this command: "ifconfig tlp0 inet 192.168.1.85 netmask
 >> 255.255.255.0 up" the led on the card blink but few seconds later
 >> the laptop freezes and I have to manually restart it.
 >=20
 > Are you in a position to build a kernel with TLP_DEBUG enabled? I'm
 > not sure if this will help, but with luck it will give at least some
 > further info.
 >=20
 > --=20
 > David A. Holland
 > dholland@netbsd.org
 >=20

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/48570: Xircom RBE-100 cause system freeze (NetBSD
 6.1.3 NetBSD/i386)
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 01:53:23 +0000

 On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 08:25:01AM +0000, Filippo Ravanello wrote:
  >  Hi David, thank you for your reply, and excuse me for the delay in mine.

 mine's no better :-/

  >  At the moment I=92ve installed NetBSD 6.1.4 (i386) on the same old =
  >  machine, the issue persists also in this release. I=92ve wiped out 6.1.4 =
  >  and installed NetBSD 5.2.2 (i386) instead and curiously the tlp0 based =
  >  NIC works out of the box.

 That doesn't entirely surprise me actually. At some point, and I think
 it was between -5 and -6, my tulip stopped working, although in a less
 dramatic way. As I recall it was caused by the commit that added nway
 support, but it's been a while.

 If you're happy using netbsd-5 for now that'll serve, I suppose, but
 netbsd-5 will probably go EOL in another year (or less) and it would
 probably be better in the long term to get this fixed.

 However, since there are a thousand tulip clones and they're all
 different, probably the only way to sort it out is to build and try
 test kernels on your hardware. If you're not comfortable doing that,
 maybe we should let it go. If you're up for it, let me/us know...

 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland@netbsd.org

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