From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 4 10:01:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F6CF16A47B for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:01:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Philippe.Pegon@crc.u-strasbg.fr) Received: from mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (mailhost.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.200.155]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1F6C43D49 for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:01:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Philippe.Pegon@crc.u-strasbg.fr) Received: from [IPv6:2001:660:2402:1001:20e:cff:fe60:e734] (apophis.u-strasbg.fr [IPv6:2001:660:2402:1001:20e:cff:fe60:e734]) by mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (8.13.6/jtpda-5.5pre1) with ESMTP id k94A1PaB027329 ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:01:25 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <45238676.1040506@crc.u-strasbg.fr> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:01:26 +0200 From: Philippe Pegon User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060916) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Chadwick References: <9F7B653A50CF3D45A92C05401046239B0E0C27@rwsrv06.rw2.riverwillow.net.au> <20061004051857.GA58194@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20061004051857.GA58194@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (mailhost.u-strasbg.fr [IPv6:2001:660:2402::155]); Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:01:25 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/1994/Wed Oct 4 06:10:39 2006 on mr5.u-strasbg.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=NO_RELAYS autolearn=disabled version=3.1.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on mr5.u-strasbg.fr Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Watchdog Timeout - bge devices 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, 04 Oct 2006 10:01:28 -0000 Hi, On this subject, does somebody know why there is no pending issues listed at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/todo.html ? -- Philippe Pegon Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 02:34:16PM +1000, John Marshall wrote: >> $ dmesg | grep bge >> bge0: mem >> 0xe8200000-0xe820ffff irq 17 at device 4.0 on pci4 >> miibus1: on bge0 >> bge0: Ethernet address: 00:0b:cd:e7:51:ba >> bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting >> bge0: link state changed to DOWN >> bge0: link state changed to UP > > As far as SCHED_ULE goes, if you have issues with it, use SCHED_4BSD. > 4BSD is still the default, and definitely works. I've run into too > many issues (in the past; maybe some have since been dealt with) > with ULE, so I stick purely with 4BSD. > > Now, about watchdog timeouts in general -- there's a pending issue > which is still under investigation. Please see this thread: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-September/028792.html > > Yes, it's long, but it does pertain to bge (despite the subject > stating em). After you read it all, or most of it, you should > probably partake in the convo there.