On Wednesday 29 November 2006 11:33, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Wednesday 29 November 2006 10:43, Scott Long wrote: > > Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > I've been using 6.1-R on a PE1950 for some time now. The stock > > > bce driver doesn't work at all. I dug up a driver off the web > > > (0.9.6) that worked fine with my workload (basically all TCP) > > > but in talking to Scott I discovered that UDP traffic was a > > > problem for this driver. Some time ago I upgraded to the driver > > > in -STABLE. This driver also appears to work fine, but about > > > once a day I get the following: > > > > > > Nov 29 01:16:47 server2 kernel: > > > bce1: /usr/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c(5000): Watch > > > dog timeout occurred, resetting! > > > Nov 29 01:16:47 server2 kernel: bce1: link state changed to > > > DOWN Nov 29 01:16:48 server2 kernel: bce1: link state changed > > > to UP > > > > > > Pretty minor complaint, as it doesn't really affect the > > > operation of the box, but I suppose it's a sign that there's > > > still some work to be done. > > > > > > $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c,v 1.2.2.6 2006/10/24 > > > > > > As I write this I see there has been some further work on the > > > driver, so I think I'll upgrade it and see what happens. > > > > It's possible that rev 1.2.2.6 will fix what you're seeing. If > > not, then it might be the general issue with the watchdog > > framework being unreliable that we addressed with the em driver. > > If so, then it's mostly harmless. > > > > Scott > > The string I pasted is what I was using. Rebuilt using: > /repoman/r/ncvs/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c,v 1.2.2.6.2.1 > this morning. I'll give it a few days and see how it's working. I > think either way it's harmless. It happens about once a day, and > strangely enough it's almost always in periods of very low load.
Well, since the upgrade the NIC hasn't reset, so I'd say we have a winner. Thanks for all the work on this thing. :) -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"