Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:29:09 -0400 From: Dave Dolson <ddolson@sandvine.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: em net (optical GigE) driver hangs? Message-ID: <FE045D4D9F7AED4CBFF1B3B813C8533701918A83@mail.sandvine.com>
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Has anyone experienced em interface hangs after approx several days of heavy operation? We are using a system which is mostly RELENG_4_7, using multiple optical em GigE devices. The symptom is that the interface stops transmitting or receiving, reporting drops on output (no tx descriptors) and input errors (MPC stat-->no receive descriptors). It turns out that all but 64 transmit descriptors are in use. The driver is waiting for the "done" flag to be set so it can clean the descriptors. The device is also in the OACTIVE state at this time. After the interface is brought down (or unplugged), the em watchdog timer goes off 5s later. We are trying to figure out two things: 1. why did the driver lock up? 2. why didn't the watchdog timer go off earlier? I think we would be happy to solve #2 given the rarity of the event. Is the RELENG_4 version likely to fix the problem? Any help or similar reports would be appreciated. Thanks, David Dolson (ddolson@sandvine.com, www.sandvine.com)
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