Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:47:42 -0700 From: John Pettitt <jpp@cloudview.com> To: Carl Makin <carl@xena.IPAustralia.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.x/6.x network stability Message-ID: <4362481E.1080507@cloudview.com> In-Reply-To: <4361A8E0.9090509@xena.ipaustralia.gov.au> References: <436168E9.8080907@xena.ipaustralia.gov.au> <43618625.30202@cloudview.com> <4361A8E0.9090509@xena.ipaustralia.gov.au>
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Carl Makin wrote: > John Pettitt wrote: > >> Carl Makin wrote: >> >> >> >>> Morning All, >>> >>> the interface would just go dead. Nothing in ifconfig or syslog or >>> dmesg would indicate a problem, but nothing would go in or out. The >>> only way to fix it was reboot. >>> >> >> What sort of network card? I've been having the same syptoms with a sk >> driver gigabit card. >> >> > Intel Etherexpress 10/100 using the fxp driver and some other brand X > card using the rl (RealTek) driver. Interestingly disabling ACPI > seemed to lengthen the time between failures by a day or so, but it > still failed. > > It's been running for a week now without a problem by setting > debug.mpsafenet="0" in loader.conf. > > Are you using any oddball protocols or devices? > > Carl. > > Not unles you consider a GPS clock on a serial interface and a highpoint raid controller oddball. I'll try the debug flag. John
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