From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 20:10:35 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2053516A532; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:10:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx3.compete.com (cmpt-hq.compete.com [208.20.156.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0634A43D39; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:10:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rkramer@compete.com) Received: from winops03.win.compete.com (winops03.win.compete.com.127.5.10.in-addr.arpa [10.5.127.44] (may be forged)) by mx3.compete.com (8.12.9+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j0EKALeO000290; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:10:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from 10.5.127.170 ([10.5.127.170]) by winops03.win.compete.com ([10.5.127.44]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:09:07 +0000 Received: from slappy by winops03.win.compete.com; 14 Jan 2005 15:10:20 -0500 From: Ross Kramer To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <200501141500.54703.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <1105725440.11715.33.camel@slappy> <1105731970.11715.43.camel@slappy> <200501141500.54703.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:10:20 -0500 Message-Id: <1105733420.11715.48.camel@slappy> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 (2.0.3-2) cc: John Baldwin Subject: Re: em0 issues with 4.10 + SMP X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:10:35 -0000 Well, I am running a number of 4.9-RELEASE systems with dual onboard intel Pro 1000s (em0 and em1) and SMP, and they don't seem to have any problems. At this point, I am completely baffled. Does 5.x come with an SMP generic kernel? On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 15:00 -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > On Friday 14 January 2005 02:46 pm, Ross Kramer wrote: > > What if I downgrade to an earlier version of FreeBSD, like 4.9 or 4.7? > > Would I still be running into the same problems? > > I am not sure. If so, then it would perhaps indicate more of a driver bug > than something in the interrupt code itself. > > > More simply, what version of FreeBSD do you recommend? Is the latest 5.x > > stuff stable enough for production environments? > > It is for some environments, but that is something you would need to test > locally yourself as I'm sure there are environments that 5.x is not ready to > handle yet. It would be good to know if 5.x has the same problems with the > network interfaces though, and a quick boot off of a CD can probably help > determine that. > > > On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 14:30 -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > > On Friday 14 January 2005 02:02 pm, Ross Kramer wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 13:11 -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > > On Friday 14 January 2005 12:57 pm, Ross Kramer wrote: > > > > > Try adding 'device uhci' and 'device usb' to your kernel so that the > > > > > USB controller (which shares the same IRQ) will probe. It may be > > > > > that the USB controller is causing an interrupt storm of sorts, > > > > > though on 4.x that usually results in a hard hang. > > > > > > > > I tried enabling that in the config, rebuilt the kernel, installed it, > > > > and rebooted. em0 did the same thing again, but its ping times to the > > > > local network were in the 8000ms range, when it wasn't returning "Host > > > > down"... Any other suggestions? > > > > > > Hmm, not many for 4.x. The interrupt code in 4 and 5 is quite different > > > now. > > > > ____________________________ > > # Ross Kramer # > > # Systems Administrator # > > # Compete, Inc. # > > # rkramer@compete.com # > > #__________________________# > > > > Random quote: > > > > "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." --H.G. Wells > ____________________________ # Ross Kramer # # Systems Administrator # # Compete, Inc. # # rkramer@compete.com # #__________________________# Random quote: "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they p*ssed me off." --Anonymous