pfsense Crash report

Gokulapandi

Hi,

I am facing the pfsense Crash report . Its fressh setup. The firewall keeps rebooting.

db:0:kdb.enter.default> bt
Tracing pid 0 tid 100283 td 0xfffffe00dc1841e0
kdb_enter() at kdb_enter+0x32/frame 0xfffffe00dc68aa10
vpanic() at vpanic+0x163/frame 0xfffffe00dc68ab40
panic() at panic+0x43/frame 0xfffffe00dc68aba0
trap_fatal() at trap_fatal+0x40c/frame 0xfffffe00dc68ac00
trap_pfault() at trap_pfault+0x4f/frame 0xfffffe00dc68ac60
calltrap() at calltrap+0x8/frame 0xfffffe00dc68ac60
--- trap 0xc, rip = 0xffffffff80e24c30, rsp = 0xfffffe00dc68ad30, rbp = 0xfffffe00dc68ad80 ---
ether_input() at ether_input+0x50/frame 0xfffffe00dc68ad80
re_rxeof() at re_rxeof+0x2c0/frame 0xfffffe00dc68ae00
re_int_task() at re_int_task+0xcf/frame 0xfffffe00dc68ae40
taskqueue_run_locked() at taskqueue_run_locked+0x182/frame 0xfffffe00dc68aec0
taskqueue_thread_loop() at taskqueue_thread_loop+0xc2/frame 0xfffffe00dc68aef0
fork_exit() at fork_exit+0x7f/frame 0xfffffe00dc68af30
fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0xe/frame 0xfffffe00dc68af30
--- trap 0x242424, rip = 0x24242400242424, rsp = 0x24242400242424, rbp = 0x24242400242424 ---
db:0:kdb.enter.default> ps
pid ppid pgrp uid state wmesg wchan

patient0

@Gokulapandi it does look like the issue is with the Realtek driver.

You can try and update to 2.8.0-BETA to see if the issue still exists.

Just a side note: support for Realtek network card in FreeBSD is hit-and-miss. If you can buy and install an Intel based card that'd be the way.

Gokulapandi

@patient0
Thank you for support.
Sure, I will update the version. Can we confirm whether driver has installed properly before upgrade the pfsens? Is there any option to check the driver instelled properly ?

We have 3 NICs in our machine; all are Realtek.

Also, please let us know if the Realtek NIC is not recommended.

patient0

@Gokulapandi said in pfsense Crash report:

Can we confirm whether driver has installed properly

There is not much to confirm, if you see your network devices then the driver got loaded. But of course you can look at the dmesg output and there you'll see them loaded (from another thread).

Also, please let us know if the Realtek NIC is not recommended.

And yes, I wouldn't recommend Realtek for pfSense/FreeBSD. Go with Intel if you want to be on the save side.

Search the forum and you'll find quite a few threads about Realtek NICs.

stephenw10

Yup you should see the new driver version shown in the boot log if it's loaded correctly. Like:

re0: <Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xf7900000-0xf7900fff,0xf7800000-0xf7803fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
re0: Using Memory Mapping!
re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
re0: ASPM disabled
re0: version:1.100.00
re0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:37:30:10

Gokulapandi

@stephenw10 said in pfsense Crash report:

re0: version:1.100.00

I have tested the log. It looks like there's no issue, but the version is re0: version:1.98.00

Gokulapandi

@patient0

"I'm planning to buy a NIC. Should I go for an Intel-branded one, or is any brand with an Intel chipset fine?

Can you recommend an exact brand with a model number?

patient0

@Gokulapandi

I have tested the log. It looks like there's no issue, but the version is re0: version:1.98.00

Yep, that is the version in 2.7.2. In 2.8.0 it is version 1.100.00 so updating may help. But 2.8.0 is still beta so don't put into production yet.

"I'm planning to buy a NIC. Should I go for an Intel-branded one, or is any brand with an Intel chipset fine?

I'm probably not the right person to give advise, haven't bought one in ages. If it's one from Aliexpress: I'm not up-to-date on the counterfeit cards game, if that is a thing for cheap card or if it only happens for 10Gbit+ NICs. If you buy from a seller you trust or has a good return policy, go for it.

You're better of if someone else can chime in or ask the internet search engine of your choice.

If you're looking for 2.5Gbit then you would go for a card with Intel i226 chip, for 1Gbit depends a bit, i210 (older, more tx/rx queues but also more expensive), i211 or i350 (server adapter family).
There is the predecessor of i226, the i225. Had some issue and that's why i226 exists. Not sure if they fixed i225 or not.

Can you recommend an exact brand with a model number?

Sorry, I can't help you with that. Have not bought any below-10Gbit adapter for some time. Maybe run a search in the forum?

stephenw10

@Gokulapandi said in pfsense Crash report:

but the version is re0: version:1.98.00

That's because you are running 2.7.2 and I was testing in 2.8.

Gokulapandi

@patient0
Hi,

Thanks for the your information.

Now we tested with intel NIC. Its working now.