Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 03:54:21 GMT From: Philip Quinn <p@partylemon.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/78388: vr network drivers cause watchdog timeout Message-ID: <200503040354.j243sLQf059457@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200503040400.j2440jfZ016217@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 78388 >Category: misc >Synopsis: vr network drivers cause watchdog timeout >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 04 04:00:45 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Philip Quinn >Release: 5.3-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD leliel 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: When attempting to use a network card which uses the vr drivers (see vr(4)), after the card is attempted to be initialised (during boot) there is a continuous stream of error messages (once every 30 seconds or so): vr0: watchdog timeout. The network card is unusable (ie. cannot connect out and nothing can connect in). >How-To-Repeat: Install a network card which attempts to use the vr driver. >Fix: A workaround which is reported to have worked is by disabling apic - <http://personal.x-istence.com/node/22> Booting into Safe Mode (which disabled apic anyway) also works. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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