From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 14 06:35:23 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B061106564A for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 06:35:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from z.szalbot@lcwords.com) Received: from relay.lc-words.com (relay.lc-words.com [62.121.130.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC1EF8FC20 for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 06:35:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from z.szalbot@lcwords.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.lc-words.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25283B8041; Thu, 14 May 2009 08:35:41 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=lcwords.com; s=mainlcwords; t=1242282941; bh=hEETd5luu3V0RXKR0FkJtBgbHVAOiVO6R2uP9ss/NCA=; h=Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Subject:From:To:Cc: MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=AqjXqSs9TWVFAHG6nUByzOQvpF53iQPGNje55HFBVApk+Z69bP70So4Htl99Nq9eN F8GmBCXwM2r7TV+DBf3QUqrs0z5Dtg/EccqFlRRMzrVeTyw8m6HY0Vyyc3pWY7wAwZ ZbFvFd0jnohaUTBv0OMwGBvRPL9AR5IFDUQVRLMg= Received: from relay.lc-words.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (relay.lc-words.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 79554-04; Thu, 14 May 2009 08:35:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from relay.lc-words.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.lc-words.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9411EB801E; Thu, 14 May 2009 08:35:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 79.186.248.21 (SquirrelMail authenticated user z.szalbot@lcwords.com) by relay.lc-words.com with HTTP; Thu, 14 May 2009 08:35:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20090513211136.106e75cd@suszko.eu> References: <238d5340e95e0d4c0d3329bf5c5f59f4.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> <20090513211136.106e75cd@suszko.eu> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 08:35:40 +0200 (CEST) From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" To: "Maciej Suszko" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.17 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp/security on 7.1-Release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 06:35:23 -0000 Hello, >> Ever since upgrading from 7.0-Release to 7.1-Release I get the >> following in the daily security reports: >> >> master.lc-words.com kernel log messages: >> +++ /tmp/security.yMzCQbS8 2009-05-13 03:01:25.000000000 +0200 >> +re0: watchdog timeout >> +re0: link state changed to DOWN >> +re0: link state changed to UP >> >> It just happens around 3 a.m. each day and so I wonder if I should be >> concerned about it...? >> >> Thank you in advance for your suggestions! > > I can bet it's NIC related problem, probably your re0 is sharing IRQ > with something and it's going up/down. The time you see (~3.oo AM) is > the moment periodic works, so it doesn't mean the problem happend then. > > I've seen similar problems on cheap PC hardware with integrated NIC > and/or external PCI NIC (re/rl/em). Search for 're0: watchdog timeout' > on google. > > The solution is to replace re with something else - em for example, but > there is no guarantee it's going to work - I had same problems on > crappy hardware with two identical interfaces plugged in (some model of > em - IRRC Intel PRO/1000 GT) Yes, you are most likely right but I am left wondering why this has never been a problem on 7.0-Release...? So either the problem in question did not occur on 7.0 or it did occur but wasn't reported. Thanks! -- Zbigniew Szalbot