----- Original Message ---- > From: Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> > To: Andre Keller <a...@list.ak.cx> > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Sent: Wed, September 22, 2010 8:44:26 AM > Subject: Re: em(4) ierrs [solved] > > On 2010/09/22 17:38, Andre Keller wrote: > > Hi Stuart > > > > On 21.09.2010 01:28, schrieb Stuart Henderson: > > > I would try wbng first. Failing that, lm. I doubt you would > > > need to disable ichiic but that would be the next step if there's > > > no improvement. > > > > well disabling wbng seems to be the solution. After one day of normal > > traffic levels we do not see any Ierrs anymore... > > > > Thank you Stuart for the helpful advise. > > > > > > Can somebody explain how this driver (which is for getting voltage > > levels, fan speeds etc, if i did not misinterpret the manpage) is > > causing this strange behavior? I'm just curious... > > Great, thanks for the feedback. > > If any code ties up the kernel for too long, it can't handle > other tasks in a timely fashion. > >
I, unfortunately, am still experiencing livelocks on my em interfaces on my Dell R200 server in bridging mode. I'm going to have to schedule an upgrade to the latest snapshot first to see if that clears up any issues, but barring that I'm not sure where to look. Perhaps I'll also try the UP kernel. --- James A. Peltier james_a_pelt...@yahoo.ca
