Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:28:37 +0000 From: "Gino Ruopolo" <ginoruopolo@hotmail.com> To: kris@obsecurity.org, rutger.bevaart@illian.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD unstable on Dell 1750 using SMP? Message-ID: <BAY16-F30E3FAF4734ECB2010C8F3B4560@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20051125190919.GA54009@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Both the servers where I changed the nic to an old intel 10/100 reached a week of uptime! I'm seriously thinking about a problem with the "em" ethernet card driver. later, gino >From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> >To: Rutger Bevaart <rutger.bevaart@illian.net> >CC: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org,Gino >Ruopolo <ginoruopolo@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD unstable on Dell 1750 using SMP? >Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:09:19 -0500 > >On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 01:22:01PM +0100, Rutger Bevaart wrote: > > Hello Kris (& list), > > > > Thanks for helping the 1750 and 2850 owners on this list. Unfortunately >I > > cannot find any references to the leak or the fix you are referring to >in > > the Release errata (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/errata.html). > >It was in the 5.3 errata, sorry. I don't think it was fixed until >after 5.4 though. > > > We are trying really hard to resolve the stability issues with our Dell > > servers and would be very happy to know when the fix for what was > > committed. > >As I said twice already, the stats leak is ***HARMLESS***. It only >gives the wrong value to counters that are unused for anything except >reporting to the user. > > > No way we'll be upgrading to 6.0 without knowing exactly what > > is going on (remembering broken 4.10 -> 5.3 systems) ... > >5.4 -> 6.0 is really a very minor jump. But if you're not willing to >even test it out on one machine to see whether it resolves your >problems, you'll likely just have to get used to the instability until >someone can identify your problem and then fix it. > >Kris ><< attach3 >> _________________________________________________________________ Parla con i tuoi amici che hanno MSN Hotmail in tempo reale! E' gratis. http://www.imagine-msn.com/messenger/default.aspx?locale=it-IT
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