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Date:      Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:25:32 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        s.c.sprong@student.utwente.nl
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sshfs/nfs cause server lockup
Message-ID:  <20061123192532.GA81937@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061123162813.L3026@volte.student.utwente.nl>
References:  <20061123162813.L3026@volte.student.utwente.nl>

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On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 04:38:48PM +0100, s.c.sprong@student.utwente.nl wrote:
> Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> wrote:
> >kris a development on this, someone else posted about a nfs problem
> >and reading his post some starkling point he made about network cards,
> >he stated he only gets the bug on sis rl and fxp.
> 
> Sorry for the misunderstanding, but I think that the 'NFS via TCP' thread
> covers other bugs, ie the inability to mount NFS v3 over TCP.
> 
> I've tested the cards above, and the person I replied to encountered the
> same bug with a bge card. My solution was to remove custom nfs settings
> in sysctl.conf. I don't know which one was the culprit because I don't
> have the time to look into it further.
> 
> My poking uncovered a set of crashing bugs and potentially a livelock.
> I would agree that NFS is very fragile in RELENG_6.
> So far <fingers crossed> I've not run into an NFS server deadlock you
> described.

Are you sure these are NFS problems and not ethernet driver problems?

Kris

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