From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 29 00:37:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 237BD16A420 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:37:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEC4B13C469 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:37:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so2167889waf for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:37:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=pY47P04oDuDg96/lSf/ROkmNTym75LoAKPRM5jQ2zpI=; b=SCLAcV0YTZ2dg5wv1Z14I4bCIkOKIqHuNpLdPvXlzhBhgTQCiY75e8sO0Ubstnc4dfNVn5nQfsdbN39DDW4yVWtahzvuE65/adN1d5Lr+pWghWBBI6ab8OHkriZ3rpWjmI9XpmS4zySIIDqyIeHsdduZ5qGNCILbJvYNmrvgFG4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=xMLVn/nR3gNwtlWWJl1ILdj+SXzuvdIjARSvr+cpK6dkA2Uq2z1yC7Hb+3xJDs3tQC2kHK9F9tKAps9WqDyfPgN4Lb+aIfwCBZk1N0vLLbYr0+cAMfSKZdJlWavHvl5yGr+q7nPoAPY78BbUcXt+TCIVQJqwyP/nMUT/LXKqJN0= Received: by 10.114.177.1 with SMTP id z1mr173323wae.1196296672315; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:37:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ( [211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j38sm1866259waf.2007.11.28.16.37.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:37:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (localhost.cdnetworks.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id lAT0bDUH015302 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:37:13 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id lAT0bDVX015301; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:37:13 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:37:13 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Martin Matuska Message-ID: <20071129003713.GG10483@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <474A7F83.7080900@FreeBSD.org> <20071126092457.GE1025@cdnetworks.co.kr> <474D78CF.6040602@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <474D78CF.6040602@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: re(4) lockups on a MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital (7.0-BETA3 amd64) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:37:54 -0000 On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 03:18:55PM +0100, Martin Matuska wrote: > Your patch makes this network card interesting. It is now working faster > and saving more resources :-) I hope it will find it's way at least into > -CURRENT > > The locukups might have been solved by your patch or by: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2007-November/084247.html > Yes. The scott's patch is very important one as re(4) also uses fast handler. > Anyway, I have now 2 days uptime without any network-card or storage > problems at all. > Glad to hear that. :) I'll commit it after 7.0 goes out. > Pyun YongHyeon schrieb: > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 09:10:43AM +0100, Martin Matuska wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am using a MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital (MS-7368) mainboard with 7.0-BETA3 in > > > amd64 mode at a german dedicated server provider. > > > The mainboard has a onboard re(4) ethernet controller. I experience a > > > very strange behaiviour: > > > > > > When there are large transfers on the onboard SATA controller the re(4) > > > controller starts to have packet loss. > > > > > > This packet loss does not stop when there is no more load on ata(4). > > > With another high load (like doing a full-system backup) the packet loss > > > keeps increasing up to 90% and more - the system is not accesible over > > > the internet anymore, packets get lost, SSH sessions or http requests > > > get stale, I have to restart the system. > > > > > > I experience no kernel panics. Another (maybe related) problem that > > > occurs (but does not effect system responsiveness) is described in: > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-November/080525.html > > > > > > Here is some information about the system: > > > > > > dmesg (boot -v): > > > http://test.vx.sk/MS-7368/dmesg.txt > > > > > > pciconf -lcv: > > > http://test.vx.sk/MS-7368/pciconf.txt > > > > > > dmidecode: > > > http://test.vx.sk/MS-7368/dmidecode.txt > > > > > > I don't understand why this happens and would like to help debugging > > > > Me either. I have a WIP version that fixes other issues on re(4) but > > I'm not sure whether it mitigates your issue. The overhauled re(4) > > supports larger descriptors(256 instead of 64) and TSO. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/if_re.c > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/if_rlreg.h > > > > > this issue. > > > > > -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon