Running RaspbianOS 11, eth0 only gets an IP address about 35% of the time (7 out of 20 reboots).
I’ve upgraded to the Jan 24 2024 firmware. I have tried different ethernet cables and different ports on the router. All other devices on this router are happy.
I’ve tried using ethtool to slow down to 100M and 10M but it didn’t help.
In syslog I see eth0: carrier acquired, then 5 seconds later eth0: carrier lost, and this keeps looping forever. When carrier is lost, the orange light on the ethernet jack turns off for several seconds and the network icon in the top right corner of Raspbian desktop shows red X’s.
I’m using a USB-C Raspberry Pi power supply (5A).
Hi, I tried different distributions and none has ethernet issues. Perhaps you could install Debian temporarily to check if something in RaspbianOS is wrong.
Can you provide the exact logs from dmesg?
jrh
February 8, 2024, 5:47pm
4
I’ve been having the same issue with Debian on the Alta. The problems is intermittent (it works about 1/3 of the time). I found a workaround is to unplug the ethernet cable until u-boot passes control to the Linux kernel. Once the kernel starts loading it should be ok to plug the cable back in. That works for me, anyway.
In my case I do have the latest firmware installed from here: https://hub.libre.computer/t/libre-computer-board-bios-firmware-update-images/3113
First snippet:
[ 11.178651] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 11.178694] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 16.868492] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 16.868536] NETDEV WATCHDOG: end0 (meson8b-dwmac): transmit queue 0 timed out
[ 16.868675] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at net/sched/sch_generic.c:525 dev_watchdog+0x278/0x280
[ 16.868719] Modules linked in: hid_logitech_hidpp overlay mousedev joydev binfmt_misc btusb btrtl btbcm btintel panfrost crct10dif_ce btmtk gpu_sched polyval_ce snd_soc_meson_axg_sound_card drm_shmem_helper bluetooth polyval_generic snd_soc_meson_card_utils ecdh_generic ecc meson_vdec(C) videobuf2_dma_contig snd_soc_meson_g12a_tohdmitx snd_soc_meson_g12a_toacodec snd_soc_meson_axg_tdmout v4l2_mem2mem snd_soc_meson_codec_glue snd_soc_meson_axg_toddr snd_soc_meson_axg_frddr meson_rng videobuf2_memops snd_soc_meson_axg_tdmin rng_core snd_soc_meson_axg_fifo videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_common snd_soc_meson_t9015 videodev meson_ir mc onboard_usb_hub rc_core ao_cec_g12a snd_soc_meson_axg_tdm_interface snd_soc_meson_axg_tdm_formatter snd_soc_simple_amplifier hid_logitech_dj cfg80211 rfkill fuse efi_pstore pstore dm_mod bpf_preload ip_tables x_tables ipv6 crc_ccitt rtc_meson_vrtc dw_hdmi_i2s_audio reset_meson_audio_arb axg_audio sclk_div clk_phase
[ 16.869207] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G C 6.1.74-12781-g74961fb0a5d2 #1
[ 16.869227] Hardware name: libre-computer aml-a311d-cc/aml-a311d-cc, BIOS 2024.01+ 01/01/2024
[ 16.869240] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 16.869261] pc : dev_watchdog+0x278/0x280
[ 16.869282] lr : dev_watchdog+0x278/0x280
[ 16.869302] sp : ffff800008003dc0
[ 16.869312] x29: ffff800008003dc0 x28: ffffdbe4040c6b84 x27: ffff800008003ee0
[ 16.869346] x26: ffffdbe4052ab008 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffffdbe4058bea20
[ 16.869381] x23: ffffdbe4058b7000 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffff7ca36c3d041c
[ 16.869444] x20: ffff7ca36c3d0000 x19: ffff7ca36c3d04c8 x18: ffffffffffffffff
[ 16.869483] x17: 756f2064656d6974 x16: 2030206575657571 x15: 2074696d736e6172
[ 16.869567] x14: 74203a2963616d77 x13: 74756f2064656d69 x12: 7420302065756575
[ 16.869606] x11: 712074696d736e61 x10: ffffdbe405942558 x9 : ffffdbe4030d6048
[ 16.869638] x8 : 00000000ffffefff x7 : ffffdbe405942558 x6 : 80000000fffff000
[ 16.869670] x5 : ffff7ca3b3f47a10 x4 : 0000000000000040 x3 : 0000000000000006
[ 16.869701] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffffdbe4058c8300
[ 16.869734] Call trace:
[ 16.869744] dev_watchdog+0x278/0x280
[ 16.869766] call_timer_fn+0x3c/0x1cc
[ 16.869791] __run_timers+0x258/0x314
[ 16.869813] run_timer_softirq+0x28/0x4c
[ 16.869837] __do_softirq+0x128/0x3b0
[ 16.869855] ____do_softirq+0x18/0x24
[ 16.869875] call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x54
[ 16.869895] do_softirq_own_stack+0x24/0x3c
[ 16.869914] __irq_exit_rcu+0xd4/0xe0
[ 16.869939] irq_exit_rcu+0x18/0x24
[ 16.869963] el1_interrupt+0x38/0x70
[ 16.869986] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x2c
[ 16.870008] el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68
[ 16.870024] arch_cpu_idle+0x18/0x2c
[ 16.870047] default_idle_call+0x58/0x188
[ 16.870068] do_idle+0x24c/0x2c0
[ 16.870086] cpu_startup_entry+0x3c/0x44
[ 16.870104] rest_init+0xf8/0x100
[ 16.870125] arch_post_acpi_subsys_init+0x0/0x28
[ 16.870153] start_kernel+0x6d0/0x710
[ 16.870176] __primary_switched+0xbc/0xc4
[ 16.870201] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[ 16.870287] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
Second snippet:
[ 83.479257] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 83.479312] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 88.804710] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 88.918467] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 89.152548] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 89.163745] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 89.163762] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 89.163771] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 92.494595] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 92.494648] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 98.020575] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 98.135218] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 98.328575] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 98.340191] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 98.340203] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 98.340213] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 101.721882] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 101.721954] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 106.980729] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 107.094681] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 107.300565] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 107.312497] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 107.312509] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 107.312519] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 110.574717] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 110.574991] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 115.940593] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 116.054981] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 116.256569] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 116.269043] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 116.269066] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 116.269086] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 119.550162] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 119.550215] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 124.900748] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 125.019019] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 125.248626] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 125.256520] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 125.256539] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 125.256550] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 128.702389] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 128.702439] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 133.860542] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 133.979129] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 134.192567] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 134.200494] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 134.200510] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 134.200520] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 137.777187] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 137.777257] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 142.824509] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 142.936853] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 143.172575] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 143.184958] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 143.184981] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 143.185001] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 146.478594] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 146.478668] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 152.036546] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 152.152562] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 152.384567] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 152.396493] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 152.396506] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 152.396516] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 155.704678] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 155.704928] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 160.996548] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 161.111194] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 161.312572] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 161.324519] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 161.324545] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 161.324565] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 164.655588] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 164.655643] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 169.956549] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 170.071366] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 170.308571] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 170.320539] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 170.320549] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 170.320558] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 173.650594] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 173.650662] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 178.916595] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 179.033080] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 179.260564] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 179.272690] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 179.272717] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 179.272737] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 182.548376] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 182.548448] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 183.819534] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:400E.0007: HID++ 2.0 device connected.
[ 187.876572] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 187.990769] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 188.188573] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 188.200479] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 188.200489] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 188.200498] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 191.523307] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 191.523381] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 196.836577] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 196.951374] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 197.152575] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 197.164601] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 197.164614] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 197.164623] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
[ 200.499476] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 200.499528] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
[ 206.052549] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Reset adapter.
[ 206.167443] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 206.368571] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PHY [mdio_mux-0.0:00] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=19)
[ 206.379698] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 206.379707] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 206.379716] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii link mode
What date is your firmware? This issue should have been fixed on the 2024-Jan-24 05:08 release. Double check your version matches. If it matches and you still have this issue, let us know.
jrh
February 8, 2024, 7:14pm
6
# dmidecode 3.4
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.0 present.
7 structures occupying 264 bytes.
Table at 0xE9E89020.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: U-Boot
Version: 2024.01+
Release Date: 01/01/2024
ROM Size: 64 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
Selectable boot is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 24.1
It looks like I’m running an older version of the firmware. I’ll update it and see if the issue is resolved.
jrh
February 8, 2024, 11:35pm
7
I updated the firmware but the problem still persists. I’m not entirely certain the update was successful, though. I did this:
wget https://boot.libre.computer/ci/aml-a311d-cc-spiflash
sudo dd if=aml-a311d-cc-spiflash of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=1M status=progress
And rebooted. I’m using a video capture card to capture console output and got this:
And rebooted. But, the ethernet problem persists and the BIOS revision seems to be the same. How can I tell if the firmware flashed properly?
This is a problem we thought we fixed. Can you let us know the kernel version and switch you are using?
jrh
February 9, 2024, 2:09am
9
That’s exactly the error. Mine adds a flow control message at the end of the last line:
Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
uname -r -v
6.1.74-12781-g74961fb0a5d2 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Jan 24 02:05:32 EST 2024
hans311
February 10, 2024, 3:37pm
10
Hi jrh,
Lets look at my flow controls from the switch. The port on the switch is set on Flow Control disabled. The commando dmesg gives
[ 12.404442] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
If I change the switch port Flow Control to enabled it gives no problem at all. I checked this with several boots. The commando dmesg gives
[ 12.919949] meson8b-dwmac ff3f0000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
If I try to set up Auto Negotiation on switch port it returns the error Flow Control AutoNegotiation is not supported on port gi9.
@jrh : I am curious what the settings is for the flow control on the related port of your router/switch. If possible you can change it to disable or enable. If this works it could be an acceptable workout for you.
@librecomputer : With the error of my switch the question came up: Should auto negotiation work with the ethernet connection?
jrh
February 11, 2024, 5:17pm
11
My switch is a NetGear GS108 with flow control enabled. It’s un-managed so I can’t modify the settings.
This is the message I get with dmesg:
Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
Hi all,
Running Libre Ubuntu 22.04.
[ 262.793123] fe.dai-link-5: ASoC: no backend DAIs enabled for fe.dai-link-5
[ 262.799700] fe.dai-link-5: ASoC: error at dpcm_fe_dai_prepare on fe.dai-link-5: -22
With fe-dai-link-N from 1 to 5
I’ve updated the firmware to the latest one, and verified that the router negotiates 1gb connection to the Alta.ssh will struggle).
Any advice?
after i thought i had fixed it, error returns.
-flashed actual firmware
nothing worked
maybe i should try an old image ? debian-11 ? but i guess this should not be image problem…
