From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 23 09:28:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5006E16A468 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 09:28:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from volker@vwsoft.com) Received: from frontmail.ipactive.de (frontmail.maindns.de [85.214.95.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11DB013C44C for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 09:27:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from volker@vwsoft.com) Received: from mail.vtec.ipme.de (Q7dbb.q.ppp-pool.de [89.53.125.187]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by frontmail.ipactive.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7230612883F; Wed, 23 May 2007 11:27:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from epeios.sz.vwsoft.com (epeios.sz.vwsoft.com [192.168.16.5]) by mail.vtec.ipme.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 004EA3FA00; Wed, 23 May 2007 11:27:20 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <465408F9.6080302@vwsoft.com> Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:27:21 +0200 From: Volker User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070521) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, rmiranda@digitalrelay.ca, volker@vwsoft.com References: <200705230717.l4N7HuPW010071@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200705230717.l4N7HuPW010071@lurza.secnetix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-VWSoft-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: volker@vwsoft.com X-ipactive-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ipactive-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ipactive-MailScanner-From: volker@vwsoft.com Cc: Subject: Re: ghosthunting: machine freeze 6.2R X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:28:01 -0000 On 05/23/07 09:17, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Roger Miranda wrote: > > Volker wrote: > > > [...] > > > I've attached the latest dmesg, can you see any similarities (as it > > > still might be a hardware issue)? > > [...] > > Our current version is: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0 > > > > Looks like you are also using the EM network adapter driver. We are > > suspecting the driver or Network adapters them self. Our other boxes are > > using xl0 (3com) and are working fine. > > The em(4) driver has received quite a few updates lately, > and I think some of them have been MFCed to RELENG_6 since > 6.2-RELEASE. I don't use any em(4) interfaces myself > (I prefer bge(4) and others), so I'm not sure if there's > any relationship with your trouble, but I suggest you try > updating to the latest 6-stable (RELENG_6) code. > > (Or even give 7-current a try if you have a spare disk for > installation so you can quickly swap it back with 6.x if > any show-stoppers arise. In general I don't recommend > installing 7-current on production machines, though.) Oliver, thanks for your hints. I haven't monitored RELENG_6 for em changes. If the problem remains (today no freeze occurred) I'll go -STABLE on that machine and see if it solves the issues. Currently I'm watching this machine over the distance and waiting for the freeze... I'm unable to check -CURRENT on it (it's 24x7 production and remote and both is a 'don't do it'). Volker