Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:39:32 -0500 From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS drops with em0 driver Message-ID: <20080601063932.GA77216@just.puresimplicity.net> In-Reply-To: <b2807d040805312306h197eaad0pd86960f3d4baaacb@mail.gmail.com> References: <b2807d040805312306h197eaad0pd86960f3d4baaacb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 11:36:05AM +0530, Subhro wrote: > Hello, > > I am facing a strange problem on my systems. I am running > FreeBSD-6.2-RELEASE-p12. My network interface uses the em driver. I am > facing a lot of issues where the NFS connections are dying randomly. > Is there any known bug with the em driver? I am using the SCHED_ULE > scheduler. > > Thanks > Subhro Hello Subhro, I have nothing to add besides a "me too." I ended up replacing my em0 with an fxp0 and all of my networking issues (watchdog timeouts, link dropping/reconnection, etc.) disappeared. This may have been flaky hardware. Do you have another NIC you can try with? Thanks, Josh -- Josh Tolbert hemi@puresimplicity.net || http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller
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