Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 16:36:26 -0400 From: Sven Willenberger <sven@dmv.com> To: Michael Collette <metrol.net@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Another em0 watchdog timeout Message-ID: <1178224586.15571.6.camel@lanshark.dmv.com> In-Reply-To: <c4c523130705011105g6df2eef7wbdf7defe56200357@mail.gmail.com> References: <c4c523130705011105g6df2eef7wbdf7defe56200357@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 11:05 -0700, Michael Collette wrote: > I realize there is a previous thread discussing this, but my symptoms > seem to be a little bit different. Here's the stats... > > FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #1: Fri Apr 27 17:28:22 PDT 2007 > > em0@pci13:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x108c15d9 chip=0x108c8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'PRO/1000 PM' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > em1@pci14:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x109a15d9 chip=0x109a8086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.2.9> port > 0x5000-0x501f mem 0xea300000-0xea31ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci13 > em0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:5c:cc:84 > em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.2.9> port > 0x6000-0x601f mem 0xea400000-0xea41ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci14 > em1: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:5c:cc:85 > > I'm seeing the following entries in my messages log pop up about 2-4 > times a day... > > May 1 08:29:38 alpha kernel: em0: watchdog timeout -- resetting > May 1 08:29:38 alpha kernel: em0: link state changed to DOWN > May 1 08:29:41 alpha kernel: em0: link state changed to UP > > I've gone and added the DEVICE_POLLING option in the kernel, but this > doesn't seem to help. The problem only seems to happen during the > hours that my users would be hitting this box, so it really gets > noticed when those 3 seconds go by. And yes, it's almost always a 3 > second drop on the interface. > > Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening? I saw > mention of a firmware update I might try, but haven't been able to > locate the file in question. > > Thanks, Search the list for a post by Jack Vogel that contains an attachment named "dcgdis.ThisIsZip". That firmware patch solved my em watchdog timeout issues.
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