Bug 221719 - Realtek Gbit NIC bug on Pine64s
Summary: Realtek Gbit NIC bug on Pine64s
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: arm (show other bugs)
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: arm64 Any
: --- Affects Many People
Assignee: freebsd-arm (Nobody)
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Reported: 2017-08-22 16:23 UTC by gergely.czuczy
Modified: 2018-08-21 08:21 UTC (History)
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Description gergely.czuczy 2017-08-22 16:23:39 UTC 
Hello,

I've ordered a Pine64, and started using it with FreeBSD, however I very soon found out, that the Gbit NIC has a serious flaw: it's unstable in gbit mode, however it's mostly stable on 100base-TX.

The Pine64 guys told me to check the pine64 and armbian forums regarding it, here are some threads about it:
https://github.com/longsleep/build-pine64-image/issues/5
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=597&pid=15449#pid15449

And DamnHippi found the following very useful resources on the bug as well:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/8/22/5

Theard starts here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/8/22/9

Also, to make it more tricky, not all Pine64 boards are having this issue.

I hope these resources help fixing it.

Regards,
Gergely

PS: I'm reachable on freenode/EFNet as phx, if any testing is needed, or access to a buggy board.
Comment 1 Emmanuel Vadot freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-08-21 08:21:00 UTC 
Fixed with u-boot patch that was upstream by kevans@