From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 22 21:09:39 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 900D810656AB for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:09:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com (mail-ww0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23AC48FC45 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:09:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb22 with SMTP id 22so554407wwb.13 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:09:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ZmsFE9zmyBN7Qhuekn3s+KEWHhKBNqqksledsEcS9Ho=; b=beHhk+otN6YiC4d/eEG6fPkrrdAG/HBp3Kcq1jOujMEFu4JChU/5MFZS9LGn6ZGBcT Wgc15ocTp1JWxN+caE8owjqvZ/vtpfkUSKyOrn5HsjbvacVaXNtHUIvIzrJLoqu4T+Cm 3qF6qZKo/B3RGSQj7jGf/TdRNY4Ben29vW/sI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=BFTD9qdTCI+5FBpiL9vjWAQAIMQ0G1ZzhDy4OFRrkS7hCCBLfKNnf+tjFPXCKWyaWY AEyBgLEVKVMCNn3vMwudbb6zB4bk3/qpFiqGmH30u4HeVOkKnf0aSjyWC46Yo8y5RfzE SFc6tcHqGfvET+WU1RjFvzRbtPNsTXYgUBRq0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.162.202 with SMTP id y52mr2690958wek.76.1266872975608; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:09:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <529374128DC1B04D9D037911B8E8F05301C17A55@Exchange26.EDU.epsb.ca> References: <529374128DC1B04D9D037911B8E8F05301C17A51@Exchange26.EDU.epsb.ca> <43416_1266864062_4B82CFBE_43416_81_1_2a41acea1002221043k1b8742c9m8fb484a8e8a4fdda@mail.gmail.com> <529374128DC1B04D9D037911B8E8F05301C17A54@Exchange26.EDU.epsb.ca> <43669_1266865888_4B82D6E0_43669_263_1_2a41acea1002221113v26804200q4f3971c3359dffab@mail.gmail.com> <529374128DC1B04D9D037911B8E8F05301C17A55@Exchange26.EDU.epsb.ca> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:09:35 -0800 Message-ID: <2a41acea1002221309i43abe533jc801cc81dd1c15b3@mail.gmail.com> From: Jack Vogel To: Kirk Davis Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel em0: watchdog timeout X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:09:39 -0000 On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Kirk Davis wrote: > > From: Jack Vogel [mailto:jfvogel@gmail.com] > > Try `sysctl dev.em.0.stats=1` and em.2, you're right though, > doesn't look like any > system mbuf failures. > > > Does this need to be done in loader.conf? It doesn't seem to take from > the command line. > # sysctl dev.em.2.stats=1 > dev.em.2.stats: -1 -> -1 > > # sysctl dev.em.2.stats > dev.em.2.stats: -1 > > > you will only see the data on the system console, if you're in a graphics environment use `tail /var/log/messages' and you will see it :) > 7.2 seems to be a stable base OS and driver, 8 is better in some > respects, but > has not been without its reported problems. I leave the choice > to you. > > Without more data I am not sure what is causing the watchdog. > > Yes, I am having trouble tracking it down. I up'ed the mbufs to 65536 > just to see if it made any difference but it is still happening. > I have the testers here set: nmbclusters 262144 Jack