From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 14:06:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ED501065672 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:06:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jjfitzgerald@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2ED8FC41 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:06:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jjfitzgerald@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so1127825ywe.13 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:06:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=weHN1RVbhMSQK0pkUT3xGffHol85QSF2ZQVpgJu0nSg=; b=lxEw9mZbAbKaW+8VuZoWj6e5Zlm6oripUh3sMbc2N/5oZMoZcP59yjTLYn7Nd9EAMU dhnsI36X6XAblr1dqJt/VPgIw28e4ZQbGBjMW06a2UzyRgplpkp5A/eDAhQZ8GUwaJDY 3hK8885G3s5y3HtlmTqEZa6wZA0O5Wq12/Q1Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=V59knI0iNP2h8TkxFDpfmnQ6rM3WrFJ4qfs0r6f8VDwLRyzT7khsLNkmFIZ8ibFnWW kaQioZoNCBB0pWJQVUQjnS9RpGzB49jtbn/yvntJUTpAIxHcIRO8jGkEuw6V7r2k5miK Ps0u3uigkJLghuaFar/eBxyr7j5frg80emRkQ= Received: by 10.151.12.1 with SMTP id p1mr1271065ybi.74.1226412366192; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:06:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.151.27.10 with HTTP; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:06:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5e49673f0811110606u67365d76if9dee803af86557f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:06:06 -0500 From: "John Fitzgerald" To: d@delphij.net In-Reply-To: <4918C0B8.2080405@delphij.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5e49673f0811031156n5e44795bo55b7df11b75e7bf8@mail.gmail.com> <5e49673f0811040358k4272c1fck1ed0c32bafad21d5@mail.gmail.com> <4914DDC0.6080108@delphij.net> <5e49673f0811100859t47e9ece7g76d35a42293c0e85@mail.gmail.com> <4918C0B8.2080405@delphij.net> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bce watchdog timeout occurred, resetting X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:06:07 -0000 On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Xin LI wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > John Fitzgerald wrote: >> Many thanks. Is there any change this would lock out the interface >> permanently, requiring a manual (local) ifconfig up fix? This server >> is managed remotely. > > As far as I am aware, upgrading from 6.2 to 6.3 should be moderately > safe. It depends on, however, how your kernel is configured and how > bce(4) is being loaded. > > It looks like that using nextboot(8) can resolve part of your issue (as > long as it can be rebooted by remote hands) if used carefully - install > kernel into /boot/kernel.new and use it to start system for once, then > if everything goes right rename it to /boot/kernel while moving the old > one to /boot/kernel.old. Once you are sure that the kernel update is > safe, you can proceed with userland updates. > I've performed source upgrades without incident before (which is probably what I'll do here), but if the changes to the bce driver make the interface less reliable (or locked, instead of reset), what can I do to revert the system back? Is there a patch you can provide? It's a production server, so it can't be down for very long.