From owner-freebsd-net Wed Jan 3 8:16:33 2001 From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 08:16:31 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from tsunami.waterspout.com (tsunami.waterspout.com [208.13.56.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F1C737B402 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 08:16:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from dustdevil.waterspout.com (tsunami.fw.waterspout.com [208.13.60.34]) by tsunami.waterspout.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA70026 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:16:26 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from csg@dustdevil.waterspout.com) Received: (from csg@localhost) by dustdevil.waterspout.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f03EQH000624; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:26:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from csg) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:24:48 -0500 From: "C. Stephen Gunn" To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'no memory for rx list' Message-ID: <20010103092448.A594@waterspout.com> References: <20010102071809.G19572@fw.wintelcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010102071809.G19572@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 07:18:10AM -0800 Sender: csg@dustdevil.waterspout.com Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 07:18:10AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > I notice that if_fxp.c seems to fail silently when unable to > allocate network buffers, perhaps the fact that the kernel can > be doing about 200 or more messages per-second makes me guess > that it's not helping things, especially when the box has a > serial console. > > I'm taking the printf's out of my copy of if_xl.c on a 3.5 > system, I'll let you know if it still goes nuts for extended > amounts of time. You could change the printf()'s to log()'s, and allow syslogd to filter/combine/report them on your console. I'm sure you already know this, you could increase NBMCLUSTERS and friends in your kernel config, or at boot time. (For posterity in the list archives). - Steve -- C. Stephen Gunn URL: http://www.waterspout.com/ WaterSpout Communications, Inc. Email: csg@waterspout.com 427 North 6th Street Phone: +1 765.742.6628 Lafayette, IN 47901 Fax: +1 765.742.0646 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message