Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:37:01 +0100 From: Vladimir Dvorak <dvorakv@vdsoft.org> To: Hans Nieser <hans@nieser.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca> Subject: Re: sk0: watchdog timeout Message-ID: <43899A5D.3070203@vdsoft.org> In-Reply-To: <43887DA5.7070103@nieser.net> References: <4369EA5D.3040703@vdsoft.org> <43886DF5.6000905@nieser.net> <200511261014.47333.nb_root@videotron.ca> <43887DA5.7070103@nieser.net>
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Hans Nieser wrote:
> Nicolas Blais wrote:
>
>> On November 26, 2005 09:15 am, Hans Nieser wrote:
>>
>>
>>> A long, long time ago Vladimir Dvorak wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem with network card. From time to time kernel says
>>>>
>>>> sk0: watchdog timeout
>>>>
>>>
>>> I just ran into the same issue. I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe in my
>>> desktop machine which runs FreeBSD 6.0+Xorg+Gnome. It has two on-board
>>> NICs, the nvidia one and a Marvel one. The nvidia was one big
>>> disaster and
>>> was giving me device timeouts so I never bothered with that one again.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I have an sk0 too on one of my computer's onboard A8V-DX which will
>> timeout once in a while too. I found a way to reduce down time by
>> modifying my rc.conf to force 'full-duplex 100Mbps'. Now, even when
>> it goes into a watchdog timeout, I quickly get back my link within
>> that second.
>>
>> This is what my rc.conf line looks like:
>>
>> ifconfig_sk0="inet 192.168.1.100 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
>> netmask 255.255.255.0"
>>
>>
I found some other solution here:
http://sources.zabbadoz.net/freebsd/if_sk.html
There is recommended to "use correct on-chip RAM size":
6. use correct on-chip RAM size; committed to HEAD
<http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2004-November/035293.html>;
Can some of you know how ?
Thank you.
Vladimir Dvorak
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