kern/40345: nfe: watchdog timeout

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>Number:         40345
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       nfe: watchdog timeout
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jan 08 21:15:04 +0000 2009
>Originator:     Roman Kraevskiy
>Release:        NetBSD 5.0_BETA 200901020002Z
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD dhcppc2 5.0_BETA NetBSD 5.0_BETA (GENERIC) #0: Fri Jan  2 17:22:22 PST 
2009  
builds@wb37:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5/i386/200901020002Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
 i386
>Description:

nfe is not working/usable, periodic "nfe0: watchdog timeout" on network 
activity. tcpdump on this host shows all outgoing packets (for example ping 
from this host) and no incoming packets (eg. icmp to this host). No outgouing 
packets on the wire at all.

MB: Biostar nf4st-a9 ( http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=NF4ST-A9 
) 
Chipset: nForce4

dmesg:
nfe0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: vendor 0x10de product 0x0057 (rev. 0xa3)
nfe0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21
nfe0: Ethernet address 00:14:2a:7f:ba:ea
ciphy0 at nfe0 phy 17: Cicada CS8201 10/100/1000TX PHY, rev. 3
ciphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 
1000baseT-FDX, auto

lspci:
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)


>How-To-Repeat:
try to use nfe interface on nf4st-a9
>Fix: