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Date:      Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:35:18 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 235524] igb(4): Ethernet interface loses active link state
Message-ID:  <bug-235524-7501-TOewELcDuh@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
In-Reply-To: <bug-235524-7501@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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Kevin Bowling <kbowling@freebsd.org> changed:

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--- Comment #11 from Kevin Bowling <kbowling@freebsd.org> ---
(In reply to mack from comment #10)
This is a different issue.  The realtek driver in FreeBSD is missing a lot =
of
critical workarounds for hardware issues, which is why you see the watchdog=
.=20
You can try the "net/realtek-re-kmod" driver in ports which contains some of
the workarounds needed and is tested by the vendor.

I am interested in improving re(4) but to set expectations these are coloss=
al
tasks that cover 60 chipset variations and none of them are flawless, I don=
't
have docs, and have to sneak this in between a dayjob.  If you can provide =
more
info like the pciconf output that would make for a useful bug report (in a =
new
PR not this one which is not related).

If you rely on the system in a material way I would switch to a vendor
supported NIC, like Chelsio T4+, Mellanox CX4+, or intel ixgbe+.  Chelsio h=
as
twisted pair options.

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