From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Nov 4 2: 0: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E27037B406 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 02:00:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id fA4A01990490; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 02:00:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 02:00:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111041000.fA4A01990490@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Rudi Mathijssen Subject: Re: kern/28844: Router/nameserver system crashes 2-3 times monthl y Reply-To: Rudi Mathijssen Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR kern/28844; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Rudi Mathijssen To: "'freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org'" Cc: "'murray@stokely.org'" , "'kruse@kruse-ict.nl'" Subject: Re: kern/28844: Router/nameserver system crashes 2-3 times monthl y Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 10:59:37 +0100 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C16517.6D3BD358 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Modifications tested: (1) removed xl and (suspect) fxp, added more SMC cards, now we have six interfaces de0-de5. These all run half-duplex 100Mbps. (2) Furthermore, as netstat -m showed that the peak use of mbuf clusters (944) came awfully close to 1024 (default), NMBCLUSTERS=4096 was set. After a flawless operation from 4-sep-2001 on, it crashed again on oct-29 and oct-31 (the panic message is: page fault in kernel mode). This is not acceptable. Should we upgrade to 4.4? Go back to 4.0? Is there a special kernel param NO_PANIC which should be set to 1? I stress, this is not a test lab, it's a production environment. If FreeBSD is not suitable for this, please tell me. Rudi Mathijssen ------_=_NextPart_001_01C16517.6D3BD358 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: kern/28844: Router/nameserver system crashes 2-3 times = monthly

Modifications tested: (1) removed xl = and (suspect) fxp, added more SMC cards, now we have six interfaces =
de0-de5. These all run half-duplex = 100Mbps. (2) Furthermore, as netstat -m showed that the peak use of =
mbuf clusters (944) came awfully = close to 1024 (default), NMBCLUSTERS=3D4096 was set. After a flawless =
operation  from 4-sep-2001 on, = it crashed again on oct-29 and = oct-31 (the panic message is: page = fault in kernel mode). This is not = acceptable. Should we upgrade to 4.4? Go back to 4.0? Is there a = special kernel param NO_PANIC which should be set to 1?

I stress, this is not a test lab, it's = a production environment. If FreeBSD is not suitable for this, please = tell me.

Rudi Mathijssen

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