Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:52:41 -0800 (PST) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: Vladimir Dvorak <dvorakv@vdsoft.org>, Bernhard Fischer <bernhard.fischer@fh-stpoelten.ac.at> Cc: Hans Nieser <h.nieser@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sk0: watchdog timeout Message-ID: <20051128155242.6086.qmail@web33312.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <438AF4AC.40304@vdsoft.org>
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--- Vladimir Dvorak <dvorakv@vdsoft.org> wrote: > Bernhard Fischer wrote: > > >>>If you change hardware settings, you should > also maintain the same > >>>settings on both ends of the wire, i.e. at > the computer *and* the > >>>ethernet switch. > >>> > >>> > >>[SNIP] > >> > >>I just forced it to use 100baseTX / > >>full-duplex which I think was used before I > forced it as well. > >> > >> > > > >That's exactly what I ment. If you force your > sk0 to 100-full do the same with > >your switch. If you set sk0 to auto-config -- > do it with your switch. > > > >Watch your interface-counters: > > > >netstat -I sk0 -b -d -t > > > >If the hardware (cards, cabeling, plugs, ...) > is ok, there shouldn't be any > >errors for days or even weeks! > > > >Regards, > >bh > > > > > Hi Bernhard, > > thanks for your message. I suppose we all know > something about > networking, but this is hardware/driver related > problem ( with the > highest probability ). I used my server in two > different environments - > at home and now at serverhouse. No difference. > Still getting (from time to time ): > > sk0: watchdog timeout > sk0: link state changed to DOWN > sk0: watchdog timeout > sk0: link state changed to UP > sk0: watchdog timeout > sk0: link state changed to DOWN > sk0: watchdog timeout > sk0: link state changed to UP > sk0: watchdog timeout > sk0: link state changed to DOWN > > messages. But server still running. I am out of > ideas how can we solve > our problem and I am about to buy new network > card, because this > stressfull situation is not good. ;-) > > Vladimir There are generally 2 cases in which you'll get a watchdog timeout message on a network card driver. 1) Your machine is in livelock (ie overrun) 2) There is a problem with the interrupts Clearly you should know if 1) was occurring. With 2), it could be a driver or hardware problem or both. DT __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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