From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 6 03:07:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1157D1065672 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 03:07:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crapsh@monkeybrains.net) Received: from ape.monkeybrains.net (mail.monkeybrains.net [208.69.40.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E80718FC1B for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 03:07:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Computer-of-Penelope.local (adsl-76-195-160-241.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net [76.195.160.241]) (authenticated bits=0) by ape.monkeybrains.net (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n9637THx030798 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:07:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crapsh@monkeybrains.net) Message-ID: <4ACAB408.3050202@monkeybrains.net> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:05:44 -0700 From: "Rudy (bulk)" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Macintosh/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jack Vogel References: <2a41acea0909301556g1df7dbafv813f5924553c8bfb@mail.gmail.com> <2a41acea0910011450v41590f3dn112f367f26faed2d@mail.gmail.com> <4AC64835.3060107@monkeybrains.net> <2a41acea0910021237w415efa2cs4354a0f99aef8f6@mail.gmail.com> <4AC66437.4040704@monkeybrains.net> <6194E9BC-3A3D-4941-A777-88C7411905B0@danielbond.org> <2a41acea0910050957x2d085e90w2ebea7f9eb87c3e4@mail.gmail.com> <57F8F331-E823-4F88-BDD5-A8B95A3B4CB6@danielbond.org> <20091005200900.GE15606@core.byshenk.net> <4ACA5D1E.10006@monkeybrains.net> <2a41acea0910051516n22237511s3c322fe0c1566b1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0910051516n22237511s3c322fe0c1566b1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at pita.monkeybrains.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: em0 watchdog timeouts X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:07:35 -0000 > BTW, I've always been somewhat dissatisfied with the watchdog design and > think > its kinda flawed, I could try and make you an experimental with debug and > some > changes that you can try if you'd like. > I'm game -- it would be nice if the machine still reset the watchdog in 3 seconds and didn't cause any more damage from the debug code (eg a panic). :) My frequency of watchdog events is about 2 or 3 times per day. I am running: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 6.9.12 Rudy