Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 16:41:26 -0500 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Reddy Crashalott <autoretributionmeowbot@free-N0rp.netscum.dk>, reel@idemnia.ath.cx Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: watchdog bugging us. Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20010201163931.02fa53a0@mail.etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <200102010118.f111I8e38690@crotchety.newsbastards.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101311812460.619-100000@idemnia.ath.cx> <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101311812460.619-100000@idemnia.ath.cx>
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At 08:18 PM 01/31/2001, Reddy Crashalott wrote: >[disclaimer: this is an invalid sender and return address; replies > should be posted to the list or perhaps better not posted at all, > finally i am rid of that cursed e-mail reachability, free at last] > > >:: When i do tail -f /var/log/messages, it gives me this. >:: >:: Jan 31 15:03:49 beta /kernel: xl0: watchdog timeout >:: Jan 31 15:04:24 beta last message repeated 6 times > >I've seen this on questionable HP NetSwerver hardware, that you may >be able to solve by either trying your xl ethernet card in a different >PCI slot, or in your BIOS doing something about the IRQs. > >By doing the latter, I got things to work without problems, while >otherwise things were unacceptably bad or stopped working totally >after a short time, depending on which of several flavours of NICs >I was using. Its really questionable drivers...BP's if_dc driver will timeout by design if you dont patch the driver. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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