Kernel Panic Sierra, ALXethernet, instant reboot

[thomb91]

Hi Everyone

After my SSD died last week I was forced to do a clean install OSX on a new drive. So far I was able to get everything working (Sound, Ethernet, Graphics card) but there is one interesting problem that remains. The clover boot loader load with out problem but when Sierra tries to start it immediately has a kernel panic (so soon that the -v bootflag gives no output other then kernel panic message), it then automatically reboots and then start without issue. When I log in to Mac I get some messages that there was a kernel panic but every thing seems to be function perfect. If I understand the panic report right it has something to do with the ALXethernet kext. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this.

Kind regards

GA-Z77-DS3H
Intel i5 3750K
Nvidia EVGA GTX 960 AC 2.0


Fri Oct 14 16:42:41 2016*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff8003d4186b): "Element 0xffffff801bff8200 from zone kalloc.32 caught being freed to wrong zone kalloc.16\n"@/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-3789.1.32/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:2664
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff9112f5bce0 : 0xffffff8003cf748c
0xffffff9112f5bd60 : 0xffffff8003d4186b
0xffffff9112f5be40 : 0xffffff8004286fe6
0xffffff9112f5be60 : 0xffffff7f866b221b
0xffffff9112f5be80 : 0xffffff7f866b21b6
0xffffff9112f5bea0 : 0xffffff7f866b2175
0xffffff9112f5bec0 : 0xffffff7f866b0c2c
0xffffff9112f5bef0 : 0xffffff7f866b0c55
0xffffff9112f5bf10 : 0xffffff7f866b166f
0xffffff9112f5bf40 : 0xffffff8004314471
0xffffff9112f5bf80 : 0xffffff80043141f8
0xffffff9112f5bfb0 : 0xffffff8003ca6af7

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.insanelymac.ALXEthernet(1.0.3)[A3FDFCF6-01E7-3ED7-A727-919167854B1D]@0xffffff7f866af000->0xffffff7f866bcfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(3.2)[6326DB88-5330-3F0C-91F6-D478AB5E7503]@0xffffff7f8509c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[731443D8-78D5-30C8-939A-1ED3E857CA22]@0xffffff7f84532000BSD

process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_taskBoot args: dart=0 nvda_drv=1 -v
Mac OS version:16A323
Kernel versionarwin
Kernel Version 16.0.0: Mon Aug 29 17:56:20 PDT 2016;
root:xnu-3789.1.32~3/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 622D2470-C34D-31F9-A62B-6AA9A3C6A3CD
Kernel slide: 0x0000000003a00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8003c00000__HIB text base: 0xffffff8003b00000
System model name: iMac14,2 (Mac-27ADBB7B4CEE8E61)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 1282201488972last loaded kext at 5238590021: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 (addr 0xffffff7f85d0a000, size 32768)last unloaded kext at 237243261247: com.kext.HDAEnabler 1.0.0d1 (addr 0xffffff7f866ab000, size 16384)loaded kexts:com.nvidia.web.GeForceWeb 10.1.3com.nvidia.web.NVDAGM100HalWeb 10.1.3com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb 10.1.3com.insanelymac.ALXEthernet 1.0.3org.netkas.driver.FakeSMC 1723com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 276.26com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.4com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.13com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1com.apple.driver.Apple16X50ACPI 3.2com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri 10.1.8com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 5.0.0f18com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0com.apple.driver.MaxTranserSizeOverrideDriver 404.1.1com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0com.apple.BootCache 39com.apple.filesystems.hfs.kext 366.1.1com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 295.1.1com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 326com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 5.0com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 219.0.0com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 171com.apple.security.quarantine 3com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 219.0.0com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 276.26com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1com.apple.driver.Apple16X50Serial 3.2com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 276.26com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 276.26com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 205.11com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 288.13com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.13.60com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d8com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 152com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 5.0.0f18com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0com.apple.driver.usb.IOUSBHostHIDDevice 1.1com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 394com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver 131.1.1com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 394com.apple.driver.usb.networking 5.0.0com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.1com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub 1.1com.apple.filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext 1com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 900.4.1com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.1com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostPacketFilter 1.0com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 288com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCIPCI 1.1com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI 1.1com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI 1.1com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI 1.1com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.1com.apple.driver.AppleBusPowerController 1.0com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.1com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0com.apple.driver.DiskImages 444com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 5.0com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4com.apple.kec.Libm 1com.apple.kec.pthread 1com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

 

[zoli7]

I had a similar problem on my GA-H77-DS3H board with ALXEthernet.
After pressing shutdown, the OS always restarted, after removing the kext everything was fine.
So far I haven't found any solution to this problem.

 

[thomb91]

I was able to create a work around with PCI ethernet card that I had laying around. I installed the Intel expi9301ctblk (about 35 euros) with the AppleIntelE1000e.kext , I removed the ALXethernet.kext from the EFI and the extension folder and now the problem with the kernel panics is resolved. Not ideal but it works for me.

 

[Nebo72]

Hi guys, i had the same Problem with Kernel Panic ( after Shutdown reboot automatically)

!!!Its a Problem with old driver ALXethernet.kext!!!

Replace with AtherosE2200Ethernet-V2.2.0.kext

Download AtherosE2200Ethernet-V2.2.0.kext (Download under this post)


Installation:

1. Goto /S/L/E and delete ALXEthernet.kext.
2. Recreate the kernel cache. (example: "Kext Utility") Download under this post.
3. Open System Preferences and delete the corresponding network interface, e. g. en0.
4. Reboot.
5. Install the new driver and recreate the kernel cache. ("Kext Utility")
6. Reboot
7. Open System Preferences again, select Network and check if the new network interface has been created automatically or create it manually now.
8. Configure the interface.

Troubleshooting
---------------

- Make sure you have followed the installation instructions especially when you have issues with certain domains while the others are working fine.

- Use the debug version to collect log data when trying to track down problems. The kernel log messages can be retrieved with "grep kernel /var/log/system.log" in Terminal. Include the log data when asking for support or giving feedback. I'm an engineer, not a clairvoyant.

- Check your BIOS settings. You might want to disable Network Boot and the UEFI Network Stack as these can interfere with the driver.

- Double check that you have removed any ALXEthernet.kext from your system because it could prevent the driver from working properly.

- Verify your bootloader configuration, in particular the kernel flags. Avoid using npci=0x2000 or npci=0x3000.

- In Terminal run netstat -s in order to display network statistics. Carefully examine the data for any unusual activity like a high number of packets with bad IP header checksums, etc.

- In case auto-configuration of the link layer connection doesn't work it might be necessary to select the medium manually in System Preferences under Network for the interface.

- Use Wireshark to create a packet dump in order to collect diagnostic information.

- Keep in mind that there are many manufacturers of network equipment. Although Ethernet is an IEEE standard, different implementations may show different behavior causing incompatibilities. In case you are having trouble try a different switch or a different cable.

- Disable Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) if the link gets lost frequently. It can be disabled by selecting a medium which without EEE support).

-No Panic anymore!-

My System: Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87, 8 GB Ram, AMD Radeon 270X, USB Sound, USB Bluetooth Sound.

I wish you fun!

Many Thx on Mieze the creater of AtherosE2200Ethernet-V2.2.0.kext
https://github.com/Mieze

 

[sourires]

Nebo , Thank you , I am working on install EL Capitian.

it is a pity about Creative Sound Card. no driver till today.

 

[Nebo72]

Nebo , Thank you , I am working on install EL Capitian.

it is a pity about Creative Sound Card. no driver till today.


I know, i use usb sound card for 5-10 $. It´s work perfect for me. My favourite sound output is this Sound bar (over Bluetooth)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JAEWWLG/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

or this color:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IR37JLO/?tag=tonymacx86com-20



The Sound quality is amazing

 

[macmaxxx]

I don't have ALXEthernet.kext installed, I don't have Antheros Internet. I've the same problem: re-start 5s after shutdown. I've try all tricks and solutions and no way

 

[viperaul]

Thanks a lot! I've been looking for a guide to fix the ethernet problem! I'm using catalina 10.15.6 and finally I can use the net!