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From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
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Subject: Re: Device bge watchdog timeouts
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Robin P. Blanchard wrote:

> We just repurposed a Dell 2550 from a 4.9-STABLE backup server (very
> intensive network load) to a 5.2-CURRENT shoutcast/realserver (minimal
> network load) and are seeing watchdog timeout errors constantly. We
> experience no such trouble in it's -STABLE incarnation (using the -STABLE bge
> driver). We have temporarily given up on the bge driver in -CURRENT and are
> using the other 100base (fxp) onboard nic. Has anyone got any suggestions on
> how to get this machine running smoothly using its gig interface (with
> -CURRENT) ? Thanks in advance.

This might be a wider problem with interrupt routing on your system.  Post
the output of 'boot -v' and try it with and without acpi for kicks.

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