Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:55:21 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: "Andrew Snow" <andrew@modulus.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: watchdog timeout problem with freebsd 6.2-stable and v6.4.1 if_em driver Message-ID: <2a41acea0706250955g67703f07ldca91f8c18df35b6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <467F5C3F.8090908@modulus.org> References: <467C8C5F.8050206@modulus.org> <2a41acea0706230041p54212458mdd2ab339fe9bffd9@mail.gmail.com> <467F5C3F.8090908@modulus.org>
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On 6/24/07, Andrew Snow <andrew@modulus.org> 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
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