Via VT6102 (Rhine II) ethernet not working on Feisty

[valerio bigiani]

After I dist-upgraded to Feisty, my wired network card (Via Ethernet, VT6102 Rhine-II) stopped working - it's detected by lspci, but I can't use it to send any type of network traffic. ifconfig eth0 blocks and doesn't display any output (can't be killed by either ctrl-c or kill -9).

lspci -vv:
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
 Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0033
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 64 (750ns min, 2000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 4
 Region 0: I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
 Region 1: Memory at d0005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
  Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
  Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

strace ifconfig eth0:
execve("/sbin/ifconfig", ["ifconfig", "eth0"], [/* 16 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x8058000
uname({sys="Linux", node="vbigiani", ...}) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f19000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=101003, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 101003, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f00000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0`\1\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1307104, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7eff000
mmap2(NULL, 1312164, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7dbe000
mmap2(0xb7ef9000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13b) = 0xb7ef9000
mmap2(0xb7efc000, 9636, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7efc000
close(3) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7dbd000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7dbd6c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb7ef9000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0xb7f00000, 101003) = 0
brk(0) = 0x8058000
brk(0x8079000) = 0x8079000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2586, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f18000
read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2586
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xb7f18000, 4096) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=369, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 369, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f18000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=25460, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 25460, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0xb7f11000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=23, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 23, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f10000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=53, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 53, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0f000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=127, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 127, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0e000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=62, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 62, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0d000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 34, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0c000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=52, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 52, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0b000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=286, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 286, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0a000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=880094, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 880094, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ce6000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2451, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2451, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f09000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=54, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 54, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f08000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_AU.utf8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=238336, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 238336, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7cab000
close(3) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="vbigiani", ...}) = 0
access("/proc/net", R_OK) = 0
access("/proc/net/unix", R_OK) = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_DGRAM, 0) = 3
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 4
access("/proc/net/if_inet6", R_OK) = 0
socket(PF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 5
access("/proc/net/ax25", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/proc/net/nr", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/proc/net/rose", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/proc/net/ipx", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/proc/net/appletalk", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/proc/sys/net/econet", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/proc/sys/net/ash", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/proc/net/x25", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/proc/net/dev", O_RDONLY) = 6
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7caa000
read(6, "Inter-| Receive "..., 1024) = 569
close(6) = 0
munmap(0xb7caa000, 4096) = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFFLAGS, {ifr_name="eth0", ifr_flags=IFF_UP|IFF_BROADCAST|IFF_RUNNING|IFF_MULTICAST}) = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFHWADDR, {ifr_name="eth0", ifr_hwaddr=00:c0:9f:3a:25:8f}) = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFMETRIC, {ifr_name="eth0", ifr_metric=0}) = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFMTU, {ifr_name="eth0", ifr_mtu=1500}) = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFMAP, 0xbfce85b8) = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFMAP, 0xbfce85b8) = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFTXQLEN, 0xbfce85b8) = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/net-tools.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/net-tools.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/net-tools.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/net-tools.mo", O_RDONLY) = 6
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56304, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 56304, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 6, 0) = 0xb7c9d000
close(6) = 0
ioctl(4, SIOCGIFADDR

...after this, nothing more appears and I have to ctrl-c (which kills strace and frees the terminal, while the ifconfig process itself isn't killed)

a section of `dmseg` which seems interesting:
[ 30.668000] rtl8180: Bringing up iface
[ 30.876000] rtl8180: Card successfully reset
[ 31.204000] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000001
[ 31.204000] printing eip:
[ 31.204000] 00000001
[ 31.204000] *pde = 00000000
[ 31.204000] Oops: 0000 [#1]
[ 31.204000] Modules linked in: pcmcia snd_via82xx_modem serio_raw floppy parport_pc parport psmouse snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_via82xx gameport snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device i2c_viapro r818x i2c_core rtc pcspkr via_ircc ieee80211_rtl snd soundcore snd_page_alloc irda via_agp agpgart crc_ccitt yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core shpchp pci_hotplug ipv6 evdev ext3 jbd mbcache ide_cd cdrom ide_disk ata_generic libata scsi_mod via82cxxx via_rhine mii generic ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore ohci1394 ieee1394 raid10 raid456 xor raid1 raid0 multipath linear md_mod thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vesafb capability commoncap
[ 31.204000] CPU: 0
[ 31.204000] EIP: 0060:[<00000001>] Not tainted VLI
[ 31.204000] EFLAGS: 00010202 (2.6.20-6-386 #2)
[ 31.204000] EIP is at 0x1
[ 31.204000] eax: d9a48000 ebx: d9a48280 ecx: 00000001 edx: 00000001
[ 31.204000] esi: d9a48aa4 edi: 00001002 ebp: 00000000 esp: da615ea0
[ 31.204000] ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
[ 31.204000] Process ifconfig (pid: 3608, ti=da614000 task=de28e050 task.ti=da614000)
[ 31.204000] Stack: e0b750f6 d9a48280 e0b758fb d9a48000 e0aa2672 e0aaf430 d9a48000 00001043
[ 31.204000] e0aa4292 d9a48000 c02707b0 d9a48000 c026f0dc 00000000 00000001 da615f48
[ 31.204000] da615f18 c02b3ef0 da615f38 c02703fb da615f38 c01d86d9 da615f28 00000000
[ 31.204000] Call Trace:
[ 31.204000] [<e0b750f6>] rtl_ieee80211_start_protocol+0x46/0xe0 [ieee80211_rtl]
[ 31.204000] [<e0b758fb>] rtl_ieee80211_softmac_start_protocol+0x2b/0x40 [ieee80211_rtl]
[ 31.204000] [<e0aa2672>] _rtl8180_up+0x42/0x50 [r818x]
[ 31.204000] [<e0aa4292>] rtl8180_open+0x22/0x40 [r818x]
[ 31.204000] [<c02707b0>] dev_open+0x30/0x70
[ 31.204000] [<c026f0dc>] dev_change_flags+0xfc/0x130
[ 31.204000] [<c02b3ef0>] devinet_ioctl+0x550/0x6c0
[ 31.204000] [<c02703fb>] dev_ifsioc+0xeb/0x360
[ 31.204000] [<c01d86d9>] copy_to_user+0x29/0x50
[ 31.204000] [<c026488f>] sock_ioctl+0xbf/0x210
[ 31.204000] [<c02647d0>] sock_ioctl+0x0/0x210
[ 31.204000] [<c016d64f>] do_ioctl+0x1f/0x70
[ 31.204000] [<c02d94af>] do_page_fault+0x33f/0x5f0
[ 31.204000] [<c016d6fc>] vfs_ioctl+0x5c/0x270
[ 31.204000] [<c016d982>] sys_ioctl+0x72/0x90
[ 31.204000] [<c0103030>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[ 31.204000] =======================
[ 31.204000] Code: Bad EIP value.
[ 31.204000] EIP: [<00000001>] 0x1 SS:ESP 0068:da615ea0

Are there any more relevant tests to run?

[valerio bigiani (vbigiani)]

I'm sorry, this is actually a duplicate of https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/78255 , not an actual bug with the wired NIC.