Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:36:01 -0800 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Yoshiaki Kasahara <kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vge problem Message-ID: <20091204173601.GD16491@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <20091204.144735.305071699021342045.kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp> References: <20091203.135029.693112347142133127.kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp> <20091203.221457.886607478511938575.kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp> <20091203230810.GA16491@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20091204.144735.305071699021342045.kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>
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On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 02:47:35PM +0900, Yoshiaki Kasahara wrote: > On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:08:10 -0800, > Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> said: > > > I remember there were several instability reports of vge(4). Would > > you try the following patch? The patch was generated against > > CURRENT so it may not cleanly apply to 8.0 due to if_timer changes. > > But I think you can download latest vge(4) code in CURRENT and > > apply the patch. Note, the patch was not tested at all on real > > hardware so it even may not work at all.(Long time ago, I ordered > > the vge(4) hardware was not delivered.) > > I downloaded vge(4) code in CURRENT, put it in 8.0R source tree, > applied the patch, and rebuild GENERIC kernel (actually I shortcut it > with NO_CLEAN flag). > > After I rebooted with the new kernel, the boot sequence stopped just > after setting hostname. > > Setting hostname: elvenbow.cc.kyushu-u.ac.jp > msk0: Uncorrectable PCI Express error > vge0: link state changed to DOWN > msk0: link state changed to DOWN > (stop) > > The system didn't completely freeze. I can push "Scroll Lock" and > "Page Up/Down" to browse the boot messages, but sometimes it stopped > responding to my input for a second. Ctrl-C had no effect and I had to > hit the reset button. Now my PC is synchronizing degraded gmirror > volume...(ouch) > I'm not sure why it would get stuck. You touched only vge(4), right? > I'm wondering if I need complete kernel rebuild for the code to work... > > Regards, > -- > Yoshiaki Kasahara > Research Institute for Information Technology, Kyushu University > kasahara@nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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