Re: Tulip 21142 panic on physical link disconnect

[Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>]

(please no top posting)

On 6/17/25 11:19, Greg Chandler wrote:
> 
> Hmm...  I'm wondering if that means it's an alpha-only issue then, which 
> would make this a much larger headache than it already is.
> Also thank you for checking, I appreciate you taking the time.
> 
> I assume the those interfaces actually work right? (simple ping over 
> that interface would be enough)  I posted in a subsequent message that 
> mine do not appear to at all.

Oh yeah, they work just fine:

udhcpc: broadcasting discover
[   19.197697] net eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 link partner 
capability of cde1

# ping -c 1 192.168.254.123
PING 192.168.254.123 (192.168.254.123): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.254.123: seq=0 ttl=64 time=2.902 ms

--- 192.168.254.123 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 2.902/2.902/2.902 ms

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.03  sec  39.6 MBytes  33.1 Mbits/sec    0            sender
[  5]   0.00-10.07  sec  39.8 MBytes  33.1 Mbits/sec 
receiver


> 
> My next step is to build that driver as a module, and see if it changes 
> anything (I'm doubting it will).
> Then after that go dig up a different adapter, and see if it's the 
> network stack or the driver.
> 
> I've been hard pressed over the last week to get a lot of diagnosing time.

Let me know if I can run experiments, I can load any kernel version on 
this Cobalt Qube2 meaning that bisections are possible.

Good luck!
-- 
Florian