Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:03:10 -0400 From: Michael Conlen <m@obmail.net> To: Chris Howells <howells@kde.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Claus Guttesen <kometen@gmail.com> Subject: Re: em(4) stops passing data Message-ID: <9B5AF38C-0525-44B0-80FD-1EBAB4B31CF4@obmail.net> In-Reply-To: <3146.192.168.1.190.1122393780.squirrel@webmail.devrandom.org.uk> References: <4309.192.168.1.190.1122341800.squirrel@webmail.devrandom.org.uk> <20050726021340.5410A2073@towerrecords.minidns.net> <1904.192.168.1.190.1122383968.squirrel@webmail.devrandom.org.uk> <6.2.1.2.0.20050726092241.055c2620@64.7.153.2> <2294.192.168.1.190.1122385648.squirrel@webmail.devrandom.org.uk> <b41c755205072607396820dfa0@mail.gmail.com> <3146.192.168.1.190.1122393780.squirrel@webmail.devrandom.org.uk>
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On Jul 26, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Chris Howells wrote: > > On Tue, July 26, 2005 3:39 pm, Claus Guttesen said: > > >> I applied the em-patch that was announced a few days ago to two >> servers with an Intel em-gbit-nic resetting during load. It's only >> been running for one day so I don't know whether my problem is gone. >> But so far I haven't seen any regression. The servers are >> connected to >> a Dell-switch. >> > > Doesn't fix the problem for me regrettably :( I can reproduce the > problem > within seconds of starting a large file transfers. I got the > ethernet card > from eBay but I've ordered a brand new one to try -- I wonder if > there's > any chance it could be faulty. I often find that if I have a cable that is less than perfect the card will seem to work but with some heavy load the switch takes the port down and it stays down until I ifconfig down & up the interface. In every instance replacing the cable takes care of the problem. -- Michael Conlen
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