Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 20:32:51 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org> Cc: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>, David McNett <nugget@slacker.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ghelmer@scl.ameslab.gov Subject: Re: xl0 timeouts in -STABLE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904182031490.48256-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <19990418171958.A16138@elvis.mu.org>
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Hi Paul... Got the same problem this afternoon, after upgradig my server last night. Since I didn't have ready access to the server when it happened, I just got them to reboot the machine, but, does an 'ifconfig xl0 down;ifconfig xl0 up' correct the problem, or is a totaly reboot required? On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Paul Saab wrote: > Bill Paul (wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu) wrote: > > Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, David McNett > > had to walk into mine and say: > > > > > I cvsupped a 3.1-STABLE box about 24 hours ago and rebuilt on the new > > > source. Since then I've begun experiencing xl0 timeouts which appear to > > > mimic behavior reported under -CURRENT last September. With no warning, > > > and with no unusual syslog activity, my xl0 interface will simply stop > > > working. I did find a message in the archives with a patch made by Bill > > > Paul to address the issue, but given the age of the patch and the fact > > > that I also see reports of its failure to resolve the problem, I'm > > > reluctant to attempt to fit it into my 3.1-STABLE codebase. > > > > > > A few of the particulars: > > > > > > Apr 18 09:29:39 dazed /kernel: xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> rev > > > 0x00 int a irq 12 on pci0.10.0 > > > > Okay, this is a boomerang card. Could you please try for me the > > following: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/3Com/test/3.0 > > > > There's a test driver there with a patch to xl_txeof() which I > > _THINK_ addresses this problem (the guy who was supposed to test this > > for me hasn't replied yet). > > I just got around to testing the new driver with the xl_txeof > patches and I still get the watchdog timeout messages. It actually > locked up faster than before with this round of patches. > > paul > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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