From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 12 8:27:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 256B737B401 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:27:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail15.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 700DE43EC5 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:27:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 27932 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2002 16:27:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail15.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 12 Dec 2002 16:27:09 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBCGR2uH069877; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:27:02 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:27:05 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Nate Lawson Subject: Re: if_fxp and pause packets (or, "I didn't need the network any Cc: jlemon@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org, Robert Watson Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 12-Dec-2002 Nate Lawson wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Robert Watson wrote: >> I'm having a recurring problem on a number of machines wherein the fxp >> interfaces on those machines will spew out pause packets in vast >> quantities while the system is in ddb, or following a shutdown. > > I've noticed this too with fxp. It only happens while in ddb and I > thought it was my fault (I was debugging some networking problems). I had this happen over a year ago on a machine at WRS. It completely wiped out an entire lan singlehandedly when it panic'd. :-/ -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message