Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 18:54:41 +0000 From: "Mike Dorin" <bsd_mike@hotmail.com> To: dg@root.com, ipthomas_77@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Track down lockup problem-fxp0? Message-ID: <F45860EWmRj4fXIAqdk0000947d@hotmail.com>
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Thanks everybody, but I think it is time to say goodbye to FreeBSD and move to Linux. Perhaps it is not the fxp0 driver causing the lockup...but something is. Since it is locking up with no kernel panic I can only guess the cause. While FreeBSD was loaded, the server was locking up every couple hours or so. Yesterday I put linux on the box. It has run for close to 24 hours without even any warnings. I really, really would like to stay with FreeBSD, but I am stumped. If anybody could suggest a logic way to isolate the problem I would apprecite it. -Mike Dorin >From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> >To: User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> >CC: Mike Dorin <bsd_mike@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Track down lockup problem-fxp0? >Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:04:37 -0700 > > >As it was put forth by Mike Dorin on Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 12:33:08AM >+0000... > >> > >> > >> I changed the max users and continue to have the lockups, just > >> as frequently. I also gutted the unused device drivers. Still > >> know lock. > >> > >> One thing I did notice was on my linux system, which uses the > >> same motherboard, its bootup sequence prints out a message regarding > >> a lockup bug in the ethernet card, bypass applied. > >> > >> Since they both use the fxp0, ether100, I am wondering if that > >> has anything to do with it. I have seen a few other complaints > >> but nobody claiming a bug. Anybody know anything about this? > > > > I'm running the same card, but it has not locked up on me yet. I also > >run RedHat 7.0 and noticed the same message at bootup. Maybe a nicely > >worded email to the writer of the driver would prove useful. Hopefully, >if > >the Linux driver has a work around for this card, moving this fix to > >FreeBSD will be trivial.:) > > FreeBSD has had the 'lockup' bugfix for several years, probably before >Linux had it. I should also mention that the nature of the fix does not >allow >it to be 'moved from Linux to FreeBSD' like you suggested above. > >-DG > >David Greenman >Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org >President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com >Pave the road of life with opportunities. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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