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Date:      Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:10:09 +0200
From:      Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: em(4) interface wedges
Message-ID:  <20060915191008.GE2020@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
In-Reply-To: <450AEC50.2060404@freebsd.org>
References:  <20060915165351.GC2020@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> <450ADE55.7090509@samsco.org> <450AEC50.2060404@freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 08:09:20PM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> Scott Long wrote:
> >Christian Brueffer wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>with the latest em(4) code in current (sans the printf/device_printf
> >>change), my interface wedges every few hours.  It can be resurrected
> >>by bringing it down and up again.
> >>
> >>The device in question is a E1000_DEV_ID_82540EP_LP built into my
> >>Thinkpad.
> >>
> >>Anyone else seeing this?
> >>
> >>- Christian
> >>
> >
> >Yes.  It's also almost guaranteed to wedge the first time I do a remote
> >CVS operation after boot.
>=20
> When the interface wedges does it show the OACTIVE flag in ifconfig outpu=
t?
> This is an important hint.
>=20

Yeah, OACTIVE is set.

> If you are running at 100Mbit there seems to be bug in the em(4) harware
> with TSO.  Try disabling TSO on it with 'ifconfig em0 -tso'.
>=20

Correct, I'm using it at 100Mbit and disabling TSO works around the
issue.

- Christian

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