From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 18:33:51 2004 Return-Path: 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 EB91D16A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:33:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D730443D4C for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:33:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CA45172DF9; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:33:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7F1372DF8; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:33:51 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:33:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Ian FREISLICH In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20041110103204.R50554@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] Print the mac address for discarded oversize frames X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:33:52 -0000 On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > Does it not make sense to print the mac address of the offending > oversize frame generator, so at least the host generating these > frames can be investigated? Your switch is supposed to fix or reject malformed packets, so the MAC may be a red herring. > FWIW, the arrival of these frames seem to lock-up the rl0 (on > 5.2-CURRENT #25: Tue Mar 30) until a keypress on the console. Maybe the oversized packets are a symptom of what appears to be broken interrupts on your system, not the other way aroud? Try booting in safe mode and see if the problem goes away. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org