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From: bunny@atlantis.wh2.tu-dresden.de
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Subject: kern/22561: xl networkhanging
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>Number:         22561
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       xl networkhanging
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 02 19:10:00 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Rene Reusner
>Release:        4.1.1-RELEAS
>Organization:
TU-Dresden
>Environment:
FreeBSD x04r2d.wh2.tu-dresden.de 4.1.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Oct 23 20:22:41 CEST 2000     root@x04r2d.wh2.tu-dresden.de:/usr/src/sys/compile/SMP_NEW  i386
>Description:
Problems with xl driver and a 3com905C TX card.
The first Problem
xl0: transmission error: 90
xl0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 120 bytes

and the network hangs
(after 4-5 days)

then i set the XL_MIN_FRAMELEN to 512, compile the kernel ....
and the system runs fine for 7 days and then
it crashes again and the error message was

Nov  2 05:23:25 x04r2d /kernel: xl0: watchdog timeout                           
Nov  2 05:23:48 x04r2d last message repeated 3 times                            
.........
Nov  2 12:49:41 x04r2d last message repeated 36 times                           
Nov  2 12:50:00 x04r2d /kernel: file: table is full                             
Nov  2 12:50:00 x04r2d last message repeated 16 times                           
Nov  2 12:50:00 x04r2d CRON[12271]: /etc/spwd.db: Too many open files in system 
ov  2 12:50:00 x04r2d /kernel: pid 12265 (cron), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (co
..
Nov  2 12:51:17 x04r2d /kernel: xl0: watchdog timeout                           
Nov  2 12:51:24 x04r2d /kernel: xl0: watchdog timeout                           

>How-To-Repeat:
sometimes it crashes with high networkload and sometimes it crashes unpredictable without high load
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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