From owner-freebsd-net Fri Sep 3 1: 9:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from etri.re.kr (mail.etri.re.kr [129.254.113.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19C714F33 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 01:09:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kimch@etri.re.kr) Received: from etri.re.kr (kimch.etri.re.kr [129.254.191.142]) by etri.re.kr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA20102 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:06:21 +0900 (KST) Message-ID: <37CF8264.9302921D@etri.re.kr> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 17:10:12 +0900 From: Changhoon Kim X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rl0: watchdog timeout References: <199909030713.QAA12264@unix.kyungpook.ac.kr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=EUC-KR Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Huidae Cho wrote: > So, how can i solve it? > > Regards, > Huidae Cho > > Original message: > > >On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Huidae Cho wrote: > > > >> I installed 3.2-19990815-STABLE and use RealTek 8139 NIC. > >> When I got network connected, a message like 'rl0: watchdog timeout' > >> appeared and network closed after a few minutes. > >> > >> What does 'watchdog timeout' mean? > >> > >> > > > >man rl It seems like that the kernel error is derived from if_slowtimo() function in /sys/net/if.c . Why don't you consult with wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu on this problem, who has written the rl driver ? But, in my humble opinion, the fastest and the easiest way for you to make networking work, is installing another NIC. Cheers ! Changhoon -- ========================================================== Changhoon Kim Internet Technology Research Dept. Switching & Transmission Technology Lab. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI) 161 Kajong-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon, 305-350, KOREA Tel: (Office) +82-42-860-5801, (Cell) +82-19-226-6305 E-mail: kimch@etri.re.kr * All Smiles, Everywhere and Everytime ! =========================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message