Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:00:30 +0300
From:      Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: strange problem FreeBSD-8.1-Release
Message-ID:  <CAEW%2BogaBLFjpjB4PQ=U3yDr5MLVLmQfWdCqm_R54p7zE6RhOAw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4E4BFD30.9040204@sentex.net>
References:  <CAEW%2BogYJ8TVHPgt17Bm6VHsgzdnmVV8vZyjyPT0PuMPNuuV7=w@mail.gmail.com> <4E4BC6CB.40305@sentex.net> <CAEW%2BogaE=zn9xQLAh28_fP=5cDf_iUPTA_wFyQt98rQ98h_iOg@mail.gmail.com> <4E4BFD30.9040204@sentex.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi,
i'll try updating the driver.

here is the log after i sysctl :
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Excessive collisions = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Sequence errors = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Defer count = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Missed Packets = 1377267
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Receive No Buffers = 249549
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Receive Length Errors = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Receive errors = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Crc errors = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Alignment errors = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Collision/Carrier extension errors =
0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: watchdog timeouts = 86
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: XON Rcvd = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: XON Xmtd = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: XOFF Rcvd = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: XOFF Xmtd = 0
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Good Packets Rcvd = 44610164697
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: Good Packets Xmtd = 76386896338
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: TSO Contexts Xmtd = 26150
Aug 17 20:56:38 bgpServer kernel: em2: TSO Contexts Failed = 0


too many missed packets?
any ideas to improve it?

Sami


On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote:

> On 8/17/2011 12:07 PM, Sami Halabi wrote:
> > Hi,
> > it might be a driver problem... can i update the driver only without
> > updating to 8.2? if so how and from where i can get the update?
>
> You are better off updating the box.  There are a number of bug fixes
> you would benefit from. But that being said, if you really need to just
> try the new driver, csup is the easiest still.
> cp /usr/share/examples/cvusp/stable-supfile /tmp/
>
> Edit the file, to change the prefix location so as not to override your
> base src
> mkdir /usr/RELENG8
>
> In the sup file change the values to
>
> prefix=/usr/RELENG8 host=cvsup10.freebsd.org
>
> csup -g -L2 /tmp/stable-supfile
>
> This will get the entire tree, but you can try and then compile as a
> module to newer em driver in /usr/RELENG8/sys/modules/em
>
>
>
> >
> > here is my sysctl:
> > # sysctl -a dev.em
>
> On this old driver, try
>
> sysctl -w dev.em.2.stats=1
>
> that will spit out to the console the stats for that nic.
>
>
> > dev.em.0.%desc: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.0.5
> > dev.em.0.%driver: em
> > dev.em.0.%location: slot=0 function=0
> > dev.em.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x10bc subvendor=0x8086
> > subdevice=0x11bc
> >  class=0x020000
> > dev.em.0.%parent: pci28
> > dev.em.0.debug: -1
> > dev.em.0.stats: -1
> > dev.em.0.rx_int_delay: 0
> > dev.em.0.tx_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.0.rx_abs_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.0.tx_abs_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.0.rx_processing_limit: 100
> > dev.em.1.%desc: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.0.5
> > dev.em.1.%driver: em
> > dev.em.1.%location: slot=0 function=1
> > dev.em.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x10bc subvendor=0x8086
> > subdevice=0x11bc
> >  class=0x020000
> > dev.em.1.%parent: pci28
> > dev.em.1.debug: -1
> > dev.em.1.stats: -1
> > dev.em.1.rx_int_delay: 0
> > dev.em.1.tx_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.1.rx_abs_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.1.tx_abs_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.1.rx_processing_limit: 100
> > dev.em.2.%desc: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.0.5
> > dev.em.2.%driver: em
> > dev.em.2.%location: slot=0 function=0
> > dev.em.2.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x10bc subvendor=0x8086
> > subdevice=0x11bc
> >  class=0x020000
> > dev.em.2.%parent: pci29
> > dev.em.2.debug: -1
> > dev.em.2.stats: -1
> > dev.em.2.rx_int_delay: 0
> > dev.em.2.tx_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.2.rx_abs_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.2.tx_abs_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.2.rx_processing_limit: 100
> > dev.em.3.%desc: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.0.5
> > dev.em.3.%driver: em
> > dev.em.3.%location: slot=0 function=1
> > dev.em.3.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x10bc subvendor=0x8086
> > subdevice=0x11bc
> >  class=0x020000
> > dev.em.3.%parent: pci29
> > dev.em.3.debug: -1
> > dev.em.3.stats: -1
> > dev.em.3.rx_int_delay: 0
> > dev.em.3.tx_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.3.rx_abs_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.3.tx_abs_int_delay: 66
> > dev.em.3.rx_processing_limit: 100
> >
> > Sami
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net
> > <mailto:mike@sentex.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 8/17/2011 7:46 AM, Sami Halabi wrote:
> >     > Hi,
> >     > I have a FBSD router base on version 8.1-RELEASE-p4.
> >     > Today at 13:00 approx i had a sudden fall down of the traffic on
> >     the graphs
> >     > on all ports.
> >     > the strange thing is that no connection was lost, but the traffic
> >     like went
> >     > down.
> >     > on the logs i had these lines only:
> >     > Aug 17 12:59:45 bgpServer kernel: em2: Watchdog timeout --
> resetting
> >     > Aug 17 12:59:45 bgpServer kernel: em2: link state changed to DOWN
> >     > Aug 17 12:59:48 bgpServer kernel: em2: link state changed to UP
> >     >
> >     > anyone ever faced this problem? any ideas how i can track down
> >     what happened
> >     > there?
> >
> >     Until I saw the em errors, I was thinking you are just running into
> the
> >     32bit counter limitations of snmp.  e.g. an example graph at
> >     http://www.tancsa.com/overflow.png
> >
> >     more info at
> >
> >
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk648/tk362/technologies_q_and_a_item09186a00800b69ac.shtml
> >
> >     However, the em2 suggests a possible driver error.  There have been a
> >     number of bug fixes to the em driver since 8.1-R. If possible, going
> to
> >     8.2 or even RELENG_8 might help.
> >     also,
> >     what does
> >     sysctl -a dev.em
> >     show ?
> >
> >
> >            ---Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >     --
> >     -------------------
> >     Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 <tel:%2B1%20519%20651%203400>
> >     Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net <mailto:mike@sentex.net>
> >     Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net
> >     <http://www.sentex.net>;
> >     Cambridge, Ontario Canada   http://www.tancsa.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sami Halabi
> > Information Systems Engineer
> > NMS Projects Expert
> >
>
>
> --
> -------------------
> Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400
> Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net
> Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net
> Cambridge, Ontario Canada   http://www.tancsa.com/
>



-- 
Sami Halabi
Information Systems Engineer
NMS Projects Expert



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CAEW%2BogaBLFjpjB4PQ=U3yDr5MLVLmQfWdCqm_R54p7zE6RhOAw>