From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 00:53:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44DC0106564A for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:53:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA54B8FC18 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:53:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2H0rRxW088822; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:53:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 405EDB832; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:53:27 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:53:27 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Firas Kraiem Message-ID: <20080317005327.GA40102@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Firas Kraiem , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200803161947.29608.firas@itsuki.fkraiem.org> <200803170108.44645.firas@itsuki.fkraiem.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200803170108.44645.firas@itsuki.fkraiem.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0 crashes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:53:30 -0000 --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 01:08:44AM +0100, Firas Kraiem wrote: > Thanks for your answer. >=20 > The NIC in question is a Realtek 8139 and indeed, Google told me that a= =20 > few people have been experiencing similar issues with it. However, that= =20 > was with old (4.x/5.x) FreeBSD releases, so I'm wondering: is this=20 > particular NIC model still causing problems or is it the NIC breaking=20 > in some way? The reason I ask is that the machine is a dedicated server= =20 > over which I have no hardware control, so asking the provider to=20 > replace the NIC with another model could be a bit bothersome. Read the BUGS section of rl(4) and weep. It seems to be a case of poorly documented or defined behavior on the part of the chip. Having said that, I've used rl(4) based network cards in workstations without problems. But then my outbound line is 2 mbit ADSL, which won't even come close to seriously loading the hardware. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfdwQcACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVbmgCbBn/87/UfFZaJKsVwGwN0A0dG uIMAn1HcS02Cqi0uvMfnGPDazJbjmg4p =JawR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR--