Bug#1105822: installation-reports: ethernet detection sometimes fails after installation (NO-CARRIER)
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: lucas@debian.org
Boot method: SD-card
Image version: https://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-armhf/current/images/hd-media/SD-card-images/
Date: 2025-05-15
Machine: Olimex A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 rev C
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect media: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems:
This is about Debian *stable*, not testing. I did not find a bug report about
this issue, so I thought I would file one to leave a trace.
Every thing went fine during the installation.
However, after booting the installed system, ethernet randomly fails to be
detected after boot (after some boots it works, after some it doesn't). Even if
a cable is plugged, no network leds light up. When this happen, one can simply
'ip link set dev end0 down ; sleep 1 ; ip link set dev end0 up' to restore
normal behaviour.
This is the initial detection of the NIC:
[ 18.400578] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 18.403906] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: PHY [stmmac-0:01] driver [RTL8211B Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=POLL)
[ 18.412663] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 18.412708] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: RX IPC Checksum Offload disabled
[ 18.412742] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: No MAC Management Counters available
[ 18.412759] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 18.425423] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii-id link mode
And this is one is after the down/up trick as described above.
[ 63.739594] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 63.743553] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: PHY [stmmac-0:01] driver [RTL8211B Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=POLL)
[ 63.753716] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: No Safety Features support found
[ 63.753789] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: RX IPC Checksum Offload disabled
[ 63.753837] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: No MAC Management Counters available
[ 63.753884] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: PTP not supported by HW
[ 63.753965] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: configuring for phy/rgmii-id link mode
[ 66.822512] sun7i-dwmac 1c50000.ethernet end0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
[ 66.822807] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): end0: link becomes ready
-- Package-specific info:
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Installer lsb-release:
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DISTRIB_ID=Debian
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="12 (bookworm) - installer build 20230607+deb12u10"
X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=netboot
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Installer hardware-summary:
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uname -a: Linux deb12 6.1.0-32-armmp #1 SMP Debian 6.1.129-1 (2025-03-06) armv7l GNU/Linux
usb-list:
usb-list: Bus 01 Device 01: Generic Platform OHCI controller [1d6b:0001]
usb-list: Level 00 Parent 00 Port 00 Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00
usb-list: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-32-armmp ohci_hcd
usb-list: Interface 00: Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00 Driver hub
usb-list:
usb-list: Bus 02 Device 01: EHCI Host Controller [1d6b:0002]
usb-list: Level 00 Parent 00 Port 00 Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00
usb-list: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-32-armmp ehci_hcd
usb-list: Interface 00: Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00 Driver hub
usb-list:
usb-list: Bus 03 Device 01: EHCI Host Controller [1d6b:0002]
usb-list: Level 00 Parent 00 Port 00 Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00
usb-list: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-32-armmp ehci_hcd
usb-list: Interface 00: Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00 Driver hub
usb-list:
usb-list: Bus 04 Device 01: Generic Platform OHCI controller [1d6b:0001]
usb-list: Level 00 Parent 00 Port 00 Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00
usb-list: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-32-armmp ohci_hcd
usb-list: Interface 00: Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00 Driver hub
usb-list:
usb-list: Bus 05 Device 01: MUSB HDRC host driver [1d6b:0002]
usb-list: Level 00 Parent 00 Port 00 Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 01
usb-list: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-32-armmp musb-hcd
usb-list: Interface 00: Class 09(hub ) Subclass 00 Protocol 00 Driver hub
lsmod: Module Size Used by
lsmod: dm_mod 131072 0
lsmod: md_mod 143360 0
lsmod: jfs 176128 0
lsmod: btrfs 1437696 0
lsmod: libcrc32c 16384 1 btrfs
lsmod: xor 16384 1 btrfs
lsmod: xor_neon 16384 1 xor
lsmod: raid6_pq 106496 1 btrfs
lsmod: zstd_compress 262144 1 btrfs
lsmod: vfat 24576 0
lsmod: fat 73728 1 vfat
lsmod: ext4 741376 2
lsmod: crc16 16384 1 ext4
lsmod: mbcache 16384 1 ext4
lsmod: jbd2 118784 1 ext4
lsmod: crc32c_generic 16384 4
lsmod: usb_storage 61440 0
lsmod: ahci_sunxi 16384 0
lsmod: libahci_platform 20480 1 ahci_sunxi
lsmod: libahci 36864 2 ahci_sunxi,libahci_platform
lsmod: libata 258048 3 ahci_sunxi,libahci_platform,libahci
lsmod: scsi_mod 200704 2 usb_storage,libata
lsmod: scsi_common 16384 3 usb_storage,libata,scsi_mod
lsmod: sunxi_mmc 28672 0
lsmod: realtek 28672 1
lsmod: dwmac_sunxi 16384 0
lsmod: stmmac_platform 24576 1 dwmac_sunxi
lsmod: axp20x_regulator 45056 0
lsmod: stmmac 204800 3 stmmac_platform,dwmac_sunxi
lsmod: pcs_xpcs 20480 1 stmmac
lsmod: phylink 45056 2 pcs_xpcs,stmmac
lsmod: of_mdio 20480 2 stmmac,stmmac_platform
lsmod: sunxi 20480 0
lsmod: phy_generic 20480 2 sunxi
lsmod: fixed_phy 16384 1 of_mdio
lsmod: fwnode_mdio 20480 1 of_mdio
lsmod: i2c_mv64xxx 20480 0
lsmod: musb_hdrc 135168 1 sunxi
lsmod: libphy 86016 7 of_mdio,pcs_xpcs,stmmac,realtek,phylink,fwnode_mdio,fixed_phy
lsmod: ohci_platform 16384 0
lsmod: ohci_hcd 49152 1 ohci_platform
lsmod: ehci_platform 20480 0
lsmod: ehci_hcd 77824 1 ehci_platform
lsmod: udc_core 45056 1 musb_hdrc
lsmod: sunxi_wdt 16384 0
lsmod: usbcore 225280 6 usb_storage,ehci_hcd,musb_hdrc,ohci_hcd,ehci_platform,ohci_platform
lsmod: phy_sun4i_usb 28672 6 sunxi
lsmod: leds_gpio 16384 0
df: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
df: tmpfs 102068 328 101740 0% /run
df: devtmpfs 447300 0 447300 0% /dev
df: /dev/mmcblk0p2 29028248 1065716 26462628 4% /target
df: /dev/mmcblk0p1 465124 57450 382740 13% /target/boot
df: /dev/mmcblk0p2 29028248 1065716 26462628 4% /dev/.static/dev
df: devtmpfs 447300 0 447300 0% /target/dev
free: total used free shared buff/cache available
free: Mem: 1020668 67688 431736 116936 521244 802736
free: Swap: 995324 4608 990716
/proc/cmdline: console=ttyS0,115200
/proc/cpuinfo: processor : 0
/proc/cpuinfo: model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
/proc/cpuinfo: BogoMIPS : 48.00
/proc/cpuinfo: Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp thumbee neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm
/proc/cpuinfo: CPU implementer : 0x41
/proc/cpuinfo: CPU architecture: 7
/proc/cpuinfo: CPU variant : 0x0
/proc/cpuinfo: CPU part : 0xc07
/proc/cpuinfo: CPU revision : 4
/proc/cpuinfo:
/proc/cpuinfo: processor : 1
/proc/cpuinfo: model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
/proc/cpuinfo: BogoMIPS : 48.00
/proc/cpuinfo: Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp thumbee neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm
/proc/cpuinfo: CPU implementer : 0x41
/proc/cpuinfo: CPU architecture: 7
/proc/cpuinfo: CPU variant : 0x0
/proc/cpuinfo: CPU part : 0xc07
/proc/cpuinfo: CPU revision : 4
/proc/cpuinfo:
/proc/cpuinfo: Hardware : Allwinner sun7i (A20) Family
/proc/cpuinfo: Revision : 0000
/proc/cpuinfo: Serial : 16516686054161ce
/proc/device-tree/model: Olimex A20-OLinuXino-LIME2À?/proc/iomem: 00000000-0000bfff : 0.sram sram@0
/proc/iomem: 00010000-00010fff : 10000.sram sram@10000
/proc/iomem: 01c00000-01c0002f : 1c00000.system-control system-control@1c00000
/proc/iomem: 01c00030-01c0003b : interrupt-controller@1c00030
/proc/iomem: 01c02000-01c02fff : 1c02000.dma-controller dma-controller@1c02000
/proc/iomem: 01c0f000-01c0ffff : 1c0f000.mmc mmc@1c0f000
/proc/iomem: 01c13000-01c133ff : usb@1c13000
/proc/iomem: 01c13000-01c133ff : musb-hdrc.1.auto usb@1c13000
/proc/iomem: 01c13400-01c1340f : 1c13400.phy phy_ctrl
/proc/iomem: 01c14000-01c140ff : 1c14000.usb usb@1c14000
/proc/iomem: 01c14400-01c144ff : 1c14400.usb usb@1c14400
/proc/iomem: 01c14800-01c14803 : 1c13400.phy pmu1
/proc/iomem: 01c18000-01c18fff : 1c18000.sata sata@1c18000
/proc/iomem: 01c1c000-01c1c0ff : 1c1c000.usb usb@1c1c000
/proc/iomem: 01c1c400-01c1c4ff : 1c1c400.usb usb@1c1c400
/proc/iomem: 01c1c800-01c1c803 : 1c13400.phy pmu2
/proc/iomem: 01c20000-01c203ff : 1c20000.clock clock@1c20000
/proc/iomem: 01c20800-01c20bff : 1c20800.pinctrl pinctrl@1c20800
/proc/iomem: 01c20c90-01c20c9f : 1c20c90.watchdog watchdog@1c20c90
/proc/iomem: 01c20d00-01c20d1f : 1c20d00.rtc rtc@1c20d00
/proc/iomem: 01c28000-01c2801f : serial
/proc/iomem: 01c2ac00-01c2afff : 1c2ac00.i2c i2c@1c2ac00
/proc/iomem: 01c2b000-01c2b3ff : 1c2b000.i2c i2c@1c2b000
/proc/iomem: 01c50000-01c5ffff : 1c50000.ethernet ethernet@1c50000
/proc/iomem: 01c60000-01c60fff : hstimer@1c60000
/proc/iomem: 01d00000-01dcffff : 1d00000.sram sram@1d00000
/proc/iomem: 40000000-7fffffff : System RAM
/proc/iomem: 40208000-411fffff : Kernel code
/proc/iomem: 41400000-416065c7 : Kernel data
/proc/interrupts: CPU0 CPU1
/proc/interrupts: 26: 0 0 GICv2 29 Level arch_timer
/proc/interrupts: 27: 548665 444481 GICv2 30 Level arch_timer
/proc/interrupts: 30: 0 0 GICv2 54 Level timer@1c20c00
/proc/interrupts: 32: 0 0 GICv2 152 Level arm-pmu
/proc/interrupts: 33: 0 0 GICv2 153 Level arm-pmu
/proc/interrupts: 34: 0 0 GICv2 59 Level 1c02000.dma-controller
/proc/interrupts: 35: 0 0 GICv2 56 Level 1c20d00.rtc
/proc/interrupts: 38: 0 0 sunxi_pio_edge 1 Edge 1c0f000.mmc cd
/proc/interrupts: 41: 1 0 sunxi_pio_edge 4 Edge usb0-id-det
/proc/interrupts: 42: 0 0 sunxi_pio_edge 5 Edge usb0-vbus-det
/proc/interrupts: 69: 7063 0 GICv2 33 Level ttyS0
/proc/interrupts: 70: 0 0 GICv2 71 Level ehci_hcd:usb2
/proc/interrupts: 71: 0 0 GICv2 96 Level ohci_hcd:usb1
/proc/interrupts: 72: 0 0 GICv2 97 Level ohci_hcd:usb4
/proc/interrupts: 73: 0 0 GICv2 72 Level ehci_hcd:usb3
/proc/interrupts: 74: 142 0 GICv2 39 Level mv64xxx_i2c
/proc/interrupts: 75: 0 0 sunxi-nmi 0 Level axp20x_irq_chip
/proc/interrupts: 115: 0 0 GICv2 40 Level mv64xxx_i2c
/proc/interrupts: 116: 0 0 GICv2 70 Level musb-hdrc.1.auto
/proc/interrupts: 117: 21361 0 GICv2 117 Level end0
/proc/interrupts: 118: 304279 0 GICv2 64 Level sunxi-mmc
/proc/interrupts: 119: 0 0 GICv2 88 Level ahci-sunxi[1c18000.sata]
/proc/interrupts: IPI0: 0 0 CPU wakeup interrupts
/proc/interrupts: IPI1: 0 0 Timer broadcast interrupts
/proc/interrupts: IPI2: 37977 39841 Rescheduling interrupts
/proc/interrupts: IPI3: 225099 315030 Function call interrupts
/proc/interrupts: IPI4: 0 0 CPU stop interrupts
/proc/interrupts: IPI5: 0 0 IRQ work interrupts
/proc/interrupts: IPI6: 0 0 completion interrupts
/proc/interrupts: Err: 0
/proc/meminfo: MemTotal: 1020668 kB
/proc/meminfo: MemFree: 431812 kB
/proc/meminfo: MemAvailable: 802812 kB
/proc/meminfo: Buffers: 43032 kB
/proc/meminfo: Cached: 415364 kB
/proc/meminfo: SwapCached: 1324 kB
/proc/meminfo: Active: 248872 kB
/proc/meminfo: Inactive: 237276 kB
/proc/meminfo: Active(anon): 60612 kB
/proc/meminfo: Inactive(anon): 84080 kB
/proc/meminfo: Active(file): 188260 kB
/proc/meminfo: Inactive(file): 153196 kB
/proc/meminfo: Unevictable: 0 kB
/proc/meminfo: Mlocked: 0 kB
/proc/meminfo: HighTotal: 262144 kB
/proc/meminfo: HighFree: 46064 kB
/proc/meminfo: LowTotal: 758524 kB
/proc/meminfo: LowFree: 385748 kB
/proc/meminfo: SwapTotal: 995324 kB
/proc/meminfo: SwapFree: 990716 kB
/proc/meminfo: Zswap: 0 kB
/proc/meminfo: Zswapped: 0 kB
/proc/meminfo: Dirty: 34036 kB
/proc/meminfo: Writeback: 0 kB
/proc/meminfo: AnonPages: 26464 kB
/proc/meminfo: Mapped: 4356 kB
/proc/meminfo: Shmem: 116936 kB
/proc/meminfo: KReclaimable: 62848 kB
/proc/meminfo: Slab: 80840 kB
/proc/meminfo: SReclaimable: 62848 kB
/proc/meminfo: SUnreclaim: 17992 kB
/proc/meminfo: KernelStack: 792 kB
/proc/meminfo: PageTables: 608 kB
/proc/meminfo: SecPageTables: 0 kB
/proc/meminfo: NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
/proc/meminfo: Bounce: 0 kB
/proc/meminfo: WritebackTmp: 0 kB
/proc/meminfo: CommitLimit: 1505656 kB
/proc/meminfo: Committed_AS: 159200 kB
/proc/meminfo: VmallocTotal: 245760 kB
/proc/meminfo: VmallocUsed: 11596 kB
/proc/meminfo: VmallocChunk: 0 kB
/proc/meminfo: Percpu: 192 kB
/proc/meminfo: CmaTotal: 98304 kB
/proc/meminfo: CmaFree: 88996 kB
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Installer firmware-summary:
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# No firmware or microcode packages deployed by the installer
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