From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 8 15:25:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B470416A41F for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:25:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from asko_eirampspost@kuusalu.edu.ee) Received: from mail.ultrasoft.ee (ns.ultrasoft.ee [213.35.215.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6452A43D8F for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:24:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from asko_eirampspost@kuusalu.edu.ee) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ultrasoft.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F6F5EA7 for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 17:24:20 +0200 (EET) Received: from mail.ultrasoft.ee ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (aidamees.ultrasoft.local [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 35373-02 for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 17:24:19 +0200 (EET) Received: from [192.168.8.25] (unknown [192.168.8.25]) by mail.ultrasoft.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A8E65EB0 for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 17:24:19 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <43985003.80200@kuusalu.edu.ee> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:23:47 +0200 From: asko User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051130) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ultrasoft.ee Subject: Realtek 8139C+ and watchdog timeouts on 6.0-RELEASE 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: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:25:02 -0000 Hi, I'm getting "re0: watchdog timeout" and "re1: watchdog timeout" errors on one gateway server. That 1U machine has 5 Realtek 8139C+ NIC-s.. When timeout occures, the network stops for about 5-10 seconds and then starts working again. It seems to depend on network load, higher load produces more stops. I found following link: http://groups.google.com/group/muc.lists.freebsd.bugs/browse_thread/thread/ba509d216f6b30e6/e84e76306f6c6249?lnk=st&q=freebsd+watchdog+timeout+re0&rnum=1&hl=en#e84e76306f6c6249 It basically says that 8139C+ works with the older rl driver too. So what's the proper way of forcing system to use rl driver instead on re? What's the probality of getting 8139C+ to work with rl on 6.0 RELEASE? -- asko