From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 8 19:08:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3449316A401 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:08:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D7EF43D4C for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:08:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.4P/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k38J80JO057896; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 15:08:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3P/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k38J80Ai006364 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 8 Apr 2006 15:08:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.0.20060408150025.099369a8@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:07:41 -0400 To: shih@math.jussieu.fr, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <20060407121452.GO1784@math.jussieu.fr> References: <20060407121452.GO1784@math.jussieu.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: Subject: Re: Disappointed-new 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: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:08:26 -0000 At 08:14 AM 07/04/2006, Albert Shih wrote: > The 6-stable is installed on the server on begin of February 2006 > >Problems : > > > > bge0 watchdog timeout problems > bge0 watchdog timeout problems There have been a number of improvements to the bge driver in late Feb / early March. I had a busy BIND server that had those errors on its bge nic which went away by updating to something past March 7th ie [tyan-1u]% ident /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c: $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c,v 1.91.2.13 2006/03/04 09:34:48 oleg Exp $ [tyan-1u]% > Again after some days the .... em0 interface don't work. And this > time the message on console is > em0 watchdog timeout problems > Are the interface stats clean ? Take a look at the switch port and make sure there is not some duplex mismatch or flow control issue. > Now I'm running all interface in polling mode. And...I hope it's > work...(running from 2 days). If you are hitting livelock then polling will help on the busy NICS. When in non polling mode, what sort of load avg were you seeing spent in system ---Mike