Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:20:56 -1000 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: significant increase in ipfw pullup failed Message-ID: <17001.16520.774703.612151@roam.psg.com> References: <17001.9557.627987.505930@roam.psg.com> <fdd333f2fb516561a8ded012141ac28d@mac.com>
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>> on a 1ru system with an fxp
>> yesterday, i cvsupped Apr 21 17:00 and built, first time in a few weeks
>> previously i got an ipfw pullup failed a couple of times a day
>> now i get them every few minutes
>>
>> anyone else seeing this, or should i start to send someone into
>> the colo to check cables?
>
> What it means is that the IPFW code didn't see a long enough packet to
> contain enough data to be logged usefully. That could be a sign of
> hardware problems like a flaky cable or a NIC that is going wonky: if
> you can check "netstat -i" and look for excessive input errors or
> collisions.
>
> If the machine is connected to a managed switch, look for "runt
> packets", smaller than 54 bytes (56?, whatever the minimum valid size
> is)....
sorry, did all that before whining. but, as i might not have,
your asking was quite appropriate.
# netstat -m
204 mbufs in use
134/13120 mbuf clusters in use (current/max)
0/4/3536 sfbufs in use (current/peak/max)
319 KBytes allocated to network
0 requests for sfbufs denied
0 requests for sfbufs delayed
0 requests for I/O initiated by sendfile
# netstat -i
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll
fxp0 1500 <Link#1> 00:30:48:51:c8:5e 47087068 0 46603594 0 0
fxp0 1500 RG.NET/24 rip 47394365 - 47237789 - -
fxp0 1500 ssh/32 ssh 5129 - 0 - -
fxp1* 1500 <Link#2> 00:30:48:51:c8:5f 0 0 0 0 0
lo0 16384 <Link#3> 857260 0 857260 0 0
lo0 16384 your-net localhost 223262 - 223262 - -
it appears to be a plain increase in the reporting of pullup failed.
randy
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