Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 03:57:10 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Matt Groener <matt@groenquist.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: fxp driver in -stable ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105020356540.411-100000@mobile.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105012026330.1130-100000@joliet.groenquist.com>
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On Tue, 1 May 2001, Matt Groener wrote:
> I am currently running -STABLE with fxp card with no problems.
> I am in the middle of a multiple hundreds of GB transfer (280GB)
> with no problems so far. My only change was to force the "media"
> and "mediaopt" functionality in ifconfig so that my Cisco switch
> would stop erroring out (maybe your problem?)
What kind of "erroring out" were/are you seeing?
>
> My configs: (none of the unimportant data is real, sorry)
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD my.server.com 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #0: Mon Apr 30
> 12:37:46 PDT 2001 root@my.server.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KERNCONF i386
>
> # dmesg | grep fxp (this is a dual port card)
> fxp0: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> port 0x9000-0x901f mem
> 0xf5800000-0xf58fffff,0xfc000000-0xfc000fff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci2
> fxp1: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> port 0x9020-0x903f mem
> 0xf5900000-0xf59fffff,0xfc001000-0xfc001fff irq 9 at device 5.0 on pci2
>
> # ifconfig (only the fxp* ports)
> fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 192.168.9.81 netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 192.168.15.255
> ether FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (* deleted for paranoia *)
> media: 100baseTX <full-duplex> status: active
> supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
> fxp1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ether FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (* deleted for paranoia *)
> media: autoselect status: no carrier
> supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
>
> # /etc/rc.conf config line (wrapped)
> ifconfig_fxp0="inet 192.168.9.81 netmask 255.255.248.0 media 100baseTX \
> mediaopt full-duplex"
>
> -matt
>
>
> On Wed, 2 May 2001, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
> >
> > Morning all...
> >
> > Earlier today, I posted asking about potential causes for a hang
> > of a machine running -stable ...techies got a chance to get down to the
> > office this evening, and it turns out that the fxp driver was "wedged",
> > with a simple 'ifconfig down/up' rectifyin gthe situation ...
> >
> > Does anyone know of there were/are any problems with the driver
> > from an April 14th (4.3-RC) kernel/world? I'm cvsup'ng latest -STABLE
> > kernel and world, and will be upgrading, but just wondering if anyone
> > knows of any problems ...
> >
> > Basically, when they did a 'ping' from the machine, the error was
> > something like 'No Buffer Space' (exact error we aren't sure of, as
> > nothing in messages, and it scrolled off before we thought to write it
> > down ;( ) ...
> >
> > Maybe a parameter I have to increase? Or a DOS attack that
> > flooded the NIC?
> >
> > Thanks ...
> >
> > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
> > Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
> >
> >
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