SiS191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter doesn't work

[jmairboeck]

I finally had time to test Ethernet on my old ASUS F5SL laptop. It seems that this doesn't work at all. It doesn't get any response from DHCP, and configuring it manually doesn't result in a working connection either.

When deactivating and (trying to) reactivate the adapter from network settings, the whole system freezes completely and doesn't respond to keyboard or mouse input any more, not even the KDL shortcut works.

Using hrev53635 on x86_64

(This time I have no idea what's wrong and I don't have a patch ready. ;)

[jmairboeck]

syslog (contains two boot sequences because I had to forcefully shutdown the computer)

[waddlesplash]

Appears the SiS19x driver is one of the native drivers and not a FreeBSD one; it has a lot of TODOs about being slow, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's just not well tested. Likely we should just replace it with the equivalent FreeBSD one.

[waddlesplash]

The syslog seems to indicate that your WiFi card will work, though -- does it?

[jmairboeck]

Replying to waddlesplash:

The syslog seems to indicate that your WiFi card will work, though -- does it?

Yes, that's what I am using since setting up the laptop. It works (nearly) without problems, but my Wi-Fi is a bit unstable, so I wanted to switch to Ethernet.

(It only broke in hrev53610, but I still had my checkout from the fix for #15499 with a working build, and you fixed it quickly.)

[waddlesplash]

Driver replaced with the FreeBSD one in hrev53638; please retest.

[jmairboeck]

It does not work yet, but there is improvement. It doesn't lock up the system any more after deactivating and re-activating the adapter in network settings. However, I still don't get a DHCP response and therefore, no connection.

Additionally, the displayed MAC address is wrong.

the output of ifconfig for the device is

/dev/net/sis19x/0
        Hardware type: Ethernet, Address: ac:81:ff:ff:ff:ff
        Media type: 1 GBit, 1000BASE-T
        inet addr: --, Bcast: --, Mask: --
        MTU: 1500, Metric: 0, up broadcast link configuring
        Receive: 0 packets, 0 errors, 0 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped
        Transmit: 157 packets, 0 errors, 48670 bytes, 0 mcasts, 0 dropped
        Collisions: 0

The first two displayed bytes of the MAC addreass are random, they were different before rebooting (after the update).

I'll attach a new syslog.

[jmairboeck]

The correct MAC address should be 00:22:15:2b:51:e7 (according to the PXE boot rom).

[jmairboeck]

I have just tested FreeBSD 12.1 from a live USB stick. The ethernet adapter works there. I get a valid IP address with dhclient sge0 and can successfully ping other machines.

So there is definitely a problem somewhere in the compatibility layer in Haiku.

[waddlesplash]

The MAC address problem, and thus also DHCP, should be fixed in hrev53652. Please retest.

[jmairboeck]

It works now, using hrev53652. Thank you for fixing this!

[waddlesplash]

No problem, thanks for the feedback!

[nielx]

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