Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 08:35:40 +0200 (CEST) From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" <z.szalbot@lcwords.com> To: "Maciej Suszko" <maciej@suszko.eu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp/security on 7.1-Release Message-ID: <c4f9e89a8ebfb27c33a41df880784587.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> In-Reply-To: <20090513211136.106e75cd@suszko.eu> References: <238d5340e95e0d4c0d3329bf5c5f59f4.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> <20090513211136.106e75cd@suszko.eu>
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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
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