From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 23 07:18:30 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DE0D16A468 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 07:18:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E994B13C455 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 07:18:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (wfwnet@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l4N7I0c1010072; Wed, 23 May 2007 09:18:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id l4N7HuPW010071; Wed, 23 May 2007 09:17:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:17:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200705230717.l4N7HuPW010071@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, rmiranda@digitalrelay.ca, volker@vwsoft.com In-Reply-To: <200705221224.37247.rmiranda@digitalrelay.ca> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 23 May 2007 09:18:06 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: ghosthunting: machine freeze 6.2R X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, rmiranda@digitalrelay.ca, volker@vwsoft.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 07:18:30 -0000 Roger Miranda wrote: > Volker wrote: > > [...] > > I've attached the latest dmesg, can you see any similarities (as it > > still might be a hardware issue)? > [...] > Our current version is: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0 > > Looks like you are also using the EM network adapter driver. We are > suspecting the driver or Network adapters them self. Our other boxes are > using xl0 (3com) and are working fine. The em(4) driver has received quite a few updates lately, and I think some of them have been MFCed to RELENG_6 since 6.2-RELEASE. I don't use any em(4) interfaces myself (I prefer bge(4) and others), so I'm not sure if there's any relationship with your trouble, but I suggest you try updating to the latest 6-stable (RELENG_6) code. (Or even give 7-current a try if you have a spare disk for installation so you can quickly swap it back with 6.x if any show-stoppers arise. In general I don't recommend installing 7-current on production machines, though.) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'