From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 25 16:55:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AB3716A41F for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:55:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43EFC13C448 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:55:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j37so1963603waf for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:55:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MOQGlabIrKHkxPcjyoy/1CQC5/DquOgyWAM3GL2q3Jqm9byFzQ/wYWpLaoue2eK2R6+CaH5pMeyT6Atf5a2QwZYhemKcObyGtj2StjCMN5JhRMHCgAV16SL6ibriAh8OsxVa9TvgkrXCRxeTFmX3yFNVjf/93GC9momuAo53P2w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=G5QLW17cyjPYn+7JIIGYyKcg+zcVmu0fFHgj9pnbWZH0F+3NcEN3OzXHzPr/+eGsRvqAargv+dh7k9WKHOn9aEXzq98llq1FAbtzSFWQ46NSaXdNSIbvtqKhnhplR4CvhMEUZ/t1QGHVDZlEgnkfVXU1asFzqRIfAb1LNb+1APw= Received: by 10.115.14.1 with SMTP id r1mr5590012wai.1182790521633; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:55:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.103.14 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:55:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2a41acea0706250955g67703f07ldca91f8c18df35b6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:55:21 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "Andrew Snow" In-Reply-To: <467F5C3F.8090908@modulus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <467C8C5F.8050206@modulus.org> <2a41acea0706230041p54212458mdd2ab339fe9bffd9@mail.gmail.com> <467F5C3F.8090908@modulus.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: watchdog timeout problem with freebsd 6.2-stable and v6.4.1 if_em driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:55:24 -0000 On 6/24/07, Andrew Snow wrote: > Jack Vogel wrote: > >> After medium-heavy traffic, the NIC locks up completely and no traffic > >> passes for a long time, perhaps longer than half an hour. > >> > >> Then, it recovers and prints this to syslog: > >> em0: watchdog timeout -- resetting > >> em0: link state changed to DOWN > >> em0: link state changed to UP > >> > > If you search thru the email archives you will find that > > I have posted a DOS patcher that fixes the problem. > > Search on 82573, if you have a problem let me know. > > > Thanks Jack, the patch fixed the problem for me. > > I found it quite hard to find the patch to download, so I took the > liberty of posting an article about it for posterity, including > instructions and download link, I hope thats OK. > > http://www.higherorder.com.au/2007/6/25/intel_82573_patch Glad to hear it worked. Thanks for the article, anything that helps get the word out is great. Jack