Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:34:07 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.org> Cc: pyunyh@gmail.com, stable@freebsd.org, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <wearabnet@yahoo.ca> Subject: Re: rl0: watchdog timeout + 40, 000 ms ping with 7.1-BETA-i386-disc1.iso Message-ID: <20080928193407.GA87069@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <200809280921.m8S9LJtA030248@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <200809261754.m8QHs41D011762@fire.js.berklix.net> <200809280921.m8S9LJtA030248@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:21:19AM +0200, Julian Stacey wrote: > Hi, > Reference: > > From: "Julian Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> > > Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:54:04 +0200 > > Message-id: <200809261754.m8QHs41D011762@fire.js.berklix.net> > > "Julian Stacey" wrote: > > Hi, > > Reference: > > > From: "Julian Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> > > > Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:16:57 +0200 > > > Message-id: <200809261717.m8QHGvmx011312@fire.js.berklix.net> > > > > "Julian Stacey" wrote: > > > > > I'm remaking binaries, > > > > > > New generic kernel built & installed, & install of all src/ done too. > > > No improvement. > > > > > > > Is there reliable way to reproduce the issue? > > > > > > Its continuous, the machine virtually never does a ping in less > > > than 10 seconds. > > > > > > > Anyway, would you try attached patch and let me know result? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Done, doesnt help. > > > Seeing a new message now too: > > > ping: sendto: No buffer space available. > > > > > > Output of vmstat -i and pciconf -lv look the same as before > > > > > > It's a small card. Weighs 46 gram. I was going to write > > > I could simply post it to you, & you could keep it if you > > > want. As I had quessed it might be some new kind of card > > > unexperienced before, > > > RTL8139D, card just says made in China > > > > > > But I just grabbed another card > > > card says Level One. > > > chip 8139B > > > & with both patched kernel & original no improvement. > > > So I tried a totaly different card xl0 fails too, > > > I think that 3com xl0 card was OK before in another box, > > > so I'd guess not an rl problem, Sorry. > > > > > > Probably not 7.1 either, but probably a BIOS config problem of some sort. > > > > > > IRQ 12 was listed in Award BIOS as Primary, options were also secondary or disabled, so Ive set it disabled. > > > PNP OS Yes > > > Resources: Auto > > > "Reset config data" to Enabled (I forgot before after card changes) > > > > > > Did another restore BIOS factory defaults, no help. > > > Moved xl0 to another slot (all other 3 slots never use I guess, as > > > chassis plates not torn off on what I guess is original chassis. > > > No luck with xl0 > > > I'm out of ideas. > > > > Got it working on xl > > interrupt problem, I turned off lpt com2 & something else > > in bios. > > Got to go out now > > Ill go back to rl0 too & report back soon > > thanks for help both ! > > I'm wrong it is Not working. > (I typed my own own card address of 192.168.x.x by mistake, > not the 192.168.x.x of another host on net. ) > > Ive fiddled more with BIOS IRQ to no good effect > (not suprsing, dont understand some options in BIOS & no > MOtherboard manual for this Award BIOS 2A6LGB09, on box: > fujitsu siemens t-bird > > I was wondering if setting anything to polling might help a bit > I went looking with syctl -a -d | grep hw.pci > > hw.pci.enable_msi: 1 > hw.pci.enable_msi: Enable support for MSI interrupts > hw.pci.enable_msix: 1 > hw.pci.enable_msix: Enable support for MSI-X interrupts You could try disabling MSI and MSI-X in loader.conf to see if that makes a difference. hw.pci.enable_msi="0" hw.pci.enable_msix="0" -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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