Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:10:07 +1000 From: Andrew Snow <andrew@modulus.org> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: watchdog timeout problem with freebsd 6.2-stable and v6.4.1 if_em driver Message-ID: <467F5C3F.8090908@modulus.org> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0706230041p54212458mdd2ab339fe9bffd9@mail.gmail.com> References: <467C8C5F.8050206@modulus.org> <2a41acea0706230041p54212458mdd2ab339fe9bffd9@mail.gmail.com>
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Jack Vogel wrote: >> After medium-heavy traffic, the NIC locks up completely and no traffic >> passes for a long time, perhaps longer than half an hour. >> >> Then, it recovers and prints this to syslog: >> em0: watchdog timeout -- resetting >> em0: link state changed to DOWN >> em0: link state changed to UP >> > If you search thru the email archives you will find that > I have posted a DOS patcher that fixes the problem. > Search on 82573, if you have a problem let me know. Thanks Jack, the patch fixed the problem for me. I found it quite hard to find the patch to download, so I took the liberty of posting an article about it for posterity, including instructions and download link, I hope thats OK. http://www.higherorder.com.au/2007/6/25/intel_82573_patch - Andrew
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