From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 2 22:14:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 733B316A41F for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 22:14:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dave-sender-1932b5@seddon.ca) Received: from seddon.ca (seddon.ca [203.209.212.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A0DAA43D46 for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 22:14:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dave-sender-1932b5@seddon.ca) Received: (qmail 77110 invoked by uid 89); 2 Oct 2005 22:14:34 -0000 Received: by seddon.ca (tmda-sendmail, from uid 89); Mon, 03 Oct 2005 08:14:33 +1000 (EST) References: <20051002191759.GZ45345@cell.sick.ru> In-Reply-To: <20051002191759.GZ45345@cell.sick.ru> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 08:14:31 +1000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Dave+Seddon Message-ID: <1128291273.77082.TMDA@seddon.ca> X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.0.3 (Seattle Slew) Cc: Subject: Re: problems with em(4) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: das-keyword-net.6770cb@seddon.ca List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:14:37 -0000 Greetings, > M> The problem is: > M> > M> After the system run about 3 hours, there will be large "Ierrs" > M> The system is not heavy loaded, incoming rates of em0 is less > M> than 150Mbits/s. em1 and em2 are not connected. > M> > M> After 3 hours, the ierrs raise quickly every 1 minutes! > M> > M> I think is a problem with em(4) driver. > M> > M> Anyone meet such condition? Yes. Lots of people. 3 hours does seem to be the magic number, regardless of the volumne of traffic. I'm interested in what you do sniffing 150MB/s. Normally libpcap can't handle that amount of traffic. Regards, Dave Seddon