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Date:      Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:27:05 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        jlemon@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: if_fxp and pause packets (or, "I didn't need the network any
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20021212112705.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212112308070.32698-100000@root.org>

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On 12-Dec-2002 Nate Lawson wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Robert Watson wrote:
>> I'm having a recurring problem on a number of machines wherein the fxp
>> interfaces on those machines will spew out pause packets in vast
>> quantities while the system is in ddb, or following a shutdown.
> 
> I've noticed this too with fxp.  It only happens while in ddb and I
> thought it was my fault (I was debugging some networking problems).

I had this happen over a year ago on a machine at WRS.  It completely
wiped out an entire lan singlehandedly when it panic'd. :-/

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