Re: watchdog question.
In response to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > On Tuesday 01 August 2006 20:39, Efren Bravo wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've a freeBSD box and I've been seeing this > >> message for several months: sis0 watchdog > >> timeout. > >> > >> The box has two ethernet cards, sis0 (100mb) and > >> vr0 (10mb). > >> > >> The messages isn't frequent but yesterday it got > >> my attention. What does this mean? > > > > from sis(4) > > sis%d: watchdog timeout The device has stopped responding to the > > net- > > work, or there is a problem with the network connection (e.g. a cable > > fault). > > The motherboard is http://www.eprom.com/home/Microstar/ms7005.htm > > The PC has been up for 119 days and nobody have reported me a network > interruption. > > I've just changed the cable, so I'll wait to see if the system raises more > watchdog messages. In the console I see only two messages: april 20 | july > 4. It won't help. I wouldn't waste your time if I were you. I've dealt with these MSI boards in the past, and they're cheap luhsuh. Again, my understanding is that the ethernet card is crap, and occasionally just wedges of its own accord. After a few milliseconds, the watchdog goes off and triggers a hardware reset. A few packets get dropped and need resent, but TCP is a "reliable" protocol so nobody notices. Want to see just how bad the card is? Do some performance tests and see how close to the theoretical network maximum you can get on data transfers. If I remember correctly, we only got about 50% of was the card _should_ have been able to accomplish. The difference between the drivers provided by SIS and those built in to FreeBSD is that the SiS drivers for Windows will never tell you what's going on, whereas the FreeBSD drivers will log every time a hardware reset is required. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: watchdog question.
> On Tuesday 01 August 2006 20:39, Efren Bravo wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've a freeBSD box and I've been seeing this >> message for several months: sis0 watchdog >> timeout. >> >> The box has two ethernet cards, sis0 (100mb) and >> vr0 (10mb). >> >> The messages isn't frequent but yesterday it got >> my attention. What does this mean? > > from sis(4) > sis%d: watchdog timeout The device has stopped responding to the > net- > work, or there is a problem with the network connection (e.g. a cable > fault). The motherboard is http://www.eprom.com/home/Microstar/ms7005.htm The PC has been up for 119 days and nobody have reported me a network interruption. I've just changed the cable, so I'll wait to see if the system raises more watchdog messages. In the console I see only two messages: april 20 | july 4. Thanks to all for your time ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: watchdog question.
Bill Moran wrote: RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 01 August 2006 20:39, Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, I've a freeBSD box and I've been seeing this message for several months: sis0 watchdog timeout. The box has two ethernet cards, sis0 (100mb) and vr0 (10mb). The messages isn't frequent but yesterday it got my attention. What does this mean? from sis(4) sis%d: watchdog timeout The device has stopped responding to the net- work, or there is a problem with the network connection (e.g. a cable fault). I've seen this frequently with sis cards. My opinion is that all sis cards are cheapo crap, and watchdog timer is a workaround to try to make them work in spite of being crap. I've seen sis cards in Windows machines and they perform lousy there as well. I always got these errors on sis cards too - always ignored then. Worked fine for me on a lightly loaded network. If you start getting real symptoms - card locking up for example - then you;ll have to get a better network card. But unless and until that happens I would ignore it. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: watchdog question.
RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 01 August 2006 20:39, Efren Bravo wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've a freeBSD box and I've been seeing this > > message for several months: sis0 watchdog > > timeout. > > > > The box has two ethernet cards, sis0 (100mb) and > > vr0 (10mb). > > > > The messages isn't frequent but yesterday it got > > my attention. What does this mean? > > from sis(4) > sis%d: watchdog timeout The device has stopped responding to the net- > work, or there is a problem with the network connection (e.g. a cable > fault). I've seen this frequently with sis cards. My opinion is that all sis cards are cheapo crap, and watchdog timer is a workaround to try to make them work in spite of being crap. I've seen sis cards in Windows machines and they perform lousy there as well. But I'm no expert ... I could be wrong. -- Bill Moran MAL: Hell, this job I would pull for free. ZOE: Can I have your share? MAL: No. ZOE: If you die, can I have your share? MAL: Yes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: watchdog question.
On Tuesday 01 August 2006 20:39, Efren Bravo wrote: > Hi, > > I've a freeBSD box and I've been seeing this > message for several months: sis0 watchdog > timeout. > > The box has two ethernet cards, sis0 (100mb) and > vr0 (10mb). > > The messages isn't frequent but yesterday it got > my attention. What does this mean? from sis(4) sis%d: watchdog timeout The device has stopped responding to the net- work, or there is a problem with the network connection (e.g. a cable fault). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: watchdog question.
--- Efren Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've a freeBSD box and I've been seeing this > message for several months: sis0 watchdog > timeout. > > The box has two ethernet cards, sis0 (100mb) and > vr0 (10mb). > > The messages isn't frequent but yesterday it got > my attention. What does this mean? I am afraid you aren't gonna like this. AFAIK watchdog is some kind of a heartbeat monitoring done at the hardware level just to make sure that ur hardware is fine. So the watchdog has a timer that will expire in case the hardware does not send this heartbeat every few seconds or so. So it is not good news if your ethernet cards report that since it normally means the hardware is defective; however since everything else works for you it may be time to change your card yet. I hope I am wrong. Can someone correct me? Best, Girish > > Thanks... > > Efren Bravo. > - > Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. > http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=ZWZyZW5iYQ%3D%3D > > > > __ > LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > Llamadas a fijos y m�viles desde 1 c�ntimo por > minuto. > http://es.voice.yahoo.com > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
watchdog question.
Hi, I've a freeBSD box and I've been seeing this message for several months: sis0 watchdog timeout. The box has two ethernet cards, sis0 (100mb) and vr0 (10mb). The messages isn't frequent but yesterday it got my attention. What does this mean? Thanks... Efren Bravo. - Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=ZWZyZW5iYQ%3D%3D __ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
