From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 16 05:46:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 023DF16A40F for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 05:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from umbilical.blisters@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EB0E43D4C for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 05:46:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from umbilical.blisters@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id o67so4062587pye for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:46:53 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Ui9EnUw9wQ6IzPHCQdoAO0er2jOWa52/J+AYAN42bAIBGbevIE6gxY9CAIuHJxJbT1vARKj+BdPiE9faYU7zn6bG46/12AcyMGZAOu71Xo+CYTIUI6zHMVfkc8HL/xXMs/5u94Vl0K0V51NUdLa2SEXX+kBY9KKeR2BXyr3fMg4= Received: by 10.35.93.1 with SMTP id v1mr18820578pyl; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.126.16 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <40c4bb930609152246m190e5359o79efaacae8571d47@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:46:53 -0500 From: "Alex Salazar" To: "Conrad Burger" In-Reply-To: <88B5DDE8C1A06741B754B910DE2DEFBB010783ED@HERMES.swistgroup.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <88B5DDE8C1A06741B754B910DE2DEFBB010783ED@HERMES.swistgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Several issues on Dell 1950/2950 servers (6-STABLE and 7-CURRENT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 05:46:55 -0000 On 9/15/06, Conrad Burger wrote: > Hi > > Has anyone been able to solve the problem with the bce driver on 6.1-stab= le? > > I am running 6.1-stable(200609013)AMD64 on a Dell 1950 with a SMP kernel. > > The system boots up fine. When I copy data to an nfs mount the bce networ= k > interface times out and then resets. It never recovers from this state. > > From /var/log/messages----------- > Sep 13 05:01:13 gold kernel: bce0: /usr/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c(5032): W= atchdog > timeout occurred, resetting! > Sep 13 05:01:13 gold kernel: bce0: link state changed to DOWN > Sep 13 05:01:16 gold kernel: bce0: link state changed to UP > Sep 13 05:02:41 gold kernel: bce0: /usr/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c(5032): W= atchdog > timeout occurred, resetting! > Sep 13 05:02:41 gold kernel: bce0: link state changed to DOWN > Sep 13 05:02:44 gold kernel: bce0: link state changed to UP > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Regards > Conrad > I was almost sure this problem had been solved by the 6-STABLE version of sys/dev/bce/, a month ago, or so. I can't back it up, however, since I'm currently using 7-CURRENT (i386) on my PE 1950, and this behaviour is n= ot present in this FreeBSD version. By the way, is your server equipped with a LSI SAS 5/i controller, or Dell PERC 5/i? --=20 Alex Salazar BSD M=E9xico www.bsd.org.mx