From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 5 19:08:00 2009 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 D7A84106566C for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 19:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A74F28FC0C for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 19:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (mailhub.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8956B7E837; Tue, 5 May 2009 11:07:59 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 21:07:57 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.2; i386; ; ) References: <26b281ee0905010712n67847ad9v3cd47d85fc34974d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <26b281ee0905010712n67847ad9v3cd47d85fc34974d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905052107.57923.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Seur Bors Subject: Re: kernel errors - watchdog timeout 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: Tue, 05 May 2009 19:08:01 -0000 On Friday 01 May 2009 16:12:50 Seur Bors wrote: > I'm constantly getting the following repeated in my /var/log/messages: > > kernel: re0: watchdog timeout > kernel: re0: link state changed to DOWN > kernel: re0: link state changed to UP > > This was happening right from the get-go on new hardware running > 7.1-Release-p4, but only happened infrequently. Apparently as well, > although everything seems to be working, the server seems to be responding > very sluggish (over 10 minutes to work with a 1MB file through a Samba > share, no exageration on the time). > > Can someone point me to required reading for these types of networking > errors? DIAGNOSTICS ... re(4): re%d: watchdog timeout The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection (cable). In short: cable or hardware. If you're sure this is not the case, you should file a PR and mention you switched out cables and (if possible) the card. -- Mel