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Date:      Wed, 3 May 2000 03:48:42 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Howard Leadmon <howardl@account.abs.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Debugging Kernel/System Crashes, can anyone help??
Message-ID:  <200005030748.DAA84934@account.abs.net>

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   Hello,

 I know I posted a few messages here in the past, but maybe someone who is
good at tracking kernel problems can step up and lend a hand.

 I have a machine running FBSD 4.0-STABLE, and have been experiencing almost
daily kernel panics or reboots on the machine.  I have replaced ALL of the 
hardware, and reloaded the OS, but still having troubles.  I am at a bit of
a loss as to what is going on.  From one panic, I thought well maybe this
is an SMP issue, but removed one of the CPU's and still the box crashes. As
I have basically replaced everything, I am at a loss as to where to go from
here, so looking for some type of pointers or help with this..


 The other day I was there, and got the following from one of the crashes,
as many times I am gone and luckally in some ways the box will just panicboot 
and go on it's way.  Here is what I was able to copy down:


Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
mp_lock=01000002; cpuid=1; lapic.id=01000000
fault virtual address= 0x30
fault code= supervisor read, page not present
instruction pointer= 0x8:0xC01CAF71
stack pointer= 0x10:0xFF80DE48
frame pointer= 0x10:0xFF80DE4C
code segment= base 0x0, limit 0xFFFFF, type 0x1B
            = DPL 0, pres 1, def 32, gran 1
processor eflags= interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL=0
current process = idle
interupt mask= bio <- SMP: XXX
trap number= 12
panic: page fault


The formatting of it may not be perfect, but the information should be 
accurate, as I tried to be precise on what I wrote down.  Also here are
a few previous messages I had posted a while back when I thought this 
might be network related, but after trying several different NIC's I still
have the same issues.  I will include the info below, as maybe it will 
have some value in trying to debunk this problem.

====

  Hello, I am running a 4.0-STABLE machine which is being used to host an
Undernet IRC server, and the machine keeps dying at times, or should I say
the networking side of it is at least dying.  At first I thought it might
have been related to the dc (DEC Chip) based drivers, so I replaced it with
a EEpro board using the fxp driver, but the same results.  

 I have also set MNBCLUSTERS to 20480, and when I do a netstat I see in
general plenty of free clusters, but suspect I must be running out of some
other resource.  If I do a netstat -m, I see info like this:

u2$ netstat -m
1697/2144/81920 mbufs in use (current/peak/max):
        498 mbufs allocated to data
        1199 mbufs allocated to packet headers
221/514/20480 mbuf clusters in use (current/peak/max)
1296 Kbytes allocated to network (50% in use)
0 requests for memory denied
0 requests for memory delayed
0 calls to protocol drain routines


When the machine last froze, the Kbytes allocated to the network was 99% in 
use, and the mbufs were up to about 20K of the 80K allocated, but I saw no
calls for memory denied or delayed.

Still after a few hours of uptime, I start seeing errors like this, and then
the machines network interface dies and I have to reboot to get everything
back in operation:

Mar 27 12:39:00 u2 /kernel: fxp0: device timeout
Mar 27 12:39:00 u2 syslogd: sendto: No buffer space available
Mar 27 12:39:38 u2 last message repeated 2 times
Mar 27 12:41:32 u2 last message repeated 6 times
Mar 27 12:44:15 u2 syslogd: sendto: No buffer space available
Mar 27 12:44:04 u2 last message repeated 8 times


Not sure what other information to send, but here is a dmesg on the machine,
and if anyone has any ideas, or needs more info please let me know.  It's
very annoying to have to reboot this machine daily, sometimes more often.. :(

Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #8: Wed Mar 22 18:31:51 EST 2000
    howardl@u2.abs.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/U2
Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (551.25-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x665  Stepping = 5
  Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
real memory  = 402587648 (393152K bytes)
config> q
avail memory = 387022848 (377952K bytes)
Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #0
IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard
 cpu0 (BSP): apic id:  0, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000
 cpu1 (AP):  apic id:  1, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000
 io0 (APIC): apic id:  2, version: 0x00170011, at 0xfec00000
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc02c8000.
Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc02c809c.
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
md0: Malloc disk
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xf000-0xf00f at device 7.1 on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
pci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> at 7.2 irq 5
Timecounter "PIIX"  frequency 3579545 Hz
chip1: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> port 0x5000-0x500f at device 7.3 on pci0
fxp0: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> port 0xd400-0xd41f mem 0xd5400000-0xd54fffff,0xd5510000-0xd5510fff irq 17 at device 13.0 on pci0
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:c7:fb:ff
pci0: <Trident model 9660 VGA-compatible display device> at 15.0 irq 16
atapci1: <HighPoint HPT366 ATA66 controller> port 0xe000-0xe0ff,0xdc00-0xdc03,0xd800-0xd807 irq 18 at device 19.0 on pci0
atapci2: <HighPoint HPT366 ATA66 controller> port 0xec00-0xecff,0xe800-0xe803,0xe400-0xe407 irq 18 at device 19.1 on pci0
fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
atkbdc0: <keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60-0x6f on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
sc0: <System console> on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200>
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
APIC_IO: Testing 8254 interrupt delivery
APIC_IO: routing 8254 via IOAPIC #0 intpin 2
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
ad0: 8693MB <ST39140A> [17662/16/63] at ata0-master using UDMA33
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a


=====

First as mentioned previously I had an Intel EEpro card in the box running
to my Cisco Catalyst switch, and on the console when everything fell apart
and I lost connectivity, I see the following:

fxp0: device timeout
syslogd: sendto: No buffer space available


Here is some of the requested debugging information:

ifconfig:
fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 207.114.4.35 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 207.114.4.47
        inet 207.114.4.36 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 207.114.4.36
        inet 207.114.4.45 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 207.114.4.45
        inet 207.114.4.46 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 207.114.4.46
        ether 00:a0:c9:c7:fb:ff 
        media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active
        supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP


netstat -m:
403/21472/81920 mbufs in use (current/peak/max):
        259 mbufs allocated to data
        144 mbufs allocated to packet headers
124/10652/20480 mbuf clusters in use (current/peak/max)
23988 Kbytes allocated to network (1% in use)
0 requests for memory denied
0 requests for memory delayed
0 calls to protocol drain routines


vmstat -m:
Memory statistics by bucket size
Size   In Use   Free   Requests  HighWater  Couldfree
  16      286    994    4581005       0       1280
  32      179  36685     518690       0        640
  64    14436   4380    1373135       0        320
 128     1096     88       9883       0        160
 256    13335  30569     317127       0         80
 512       18      6      74806       0         40
  1K      107    949      12272       0         20
  2K       12      6      18478       0         10
  4K       13      2      98260       0          5
  8K        2      2     384331       0          5
 16K        8      0    2689062       0          5
 32K        3      0    1321506       0          5
 64K        3      0          3       0          5
128K        3      0          3       0          5
256K        1      0          1       0          5

Memory usage type by bucket size
Size  Type(s)
  16  MD disk, kld, proc-args, atexit, temp, sysctl, bus, rman, soname,
          pcb, mount, vnodes, ether_multi, routetbl, p1003.1b, devbuf,
          isa_devlist, atkbddev
  32  kld, sigio, proc-args, temp, pgrp, proc, subproc, sysctl, bus,
          eventhandler, SWAP, pcb, cluster_save buffer, vnodes, BPF, ifaddr,
          ether_multi, routetbl, in_multi, tseg_qent, devbuf
  64  file, proc-args, lockf, temp, session, subproc, bus, eventhandler,
          rman, pcb, vfscache, cluster_save buffer, vnodes, ifaddr,
          ether_multi, routetbl, isadev, AD driver
 128  ppbusdev, kld, timecounter, dev_t, proc-args, zombie, temp, cred,
          bus, ttys, soname, vfscache, cluster_save buffer, mount, vnodes,
          ifaddr, routetbl, ZONE, devbuf
 256  file desc, proc-args, temp, subproc, bus, ttys, vnodes, ifaddr,
          routetbl, NFS daemon, FFS node, devbuf
 512  kld, file desc, temp, bus, ioctlops, ptys, BIO buffer, mount,
          UFS mount, ATA generic, devbuf, isa_devlist
  1K  MD disk, kld, file desc, temp, proc, bus, ioctlops, BIO buffer,
          NQNFS Lease, AD driver, devbuf, isa_devlist
  2K  file desc, temp, bus, pcb, BIO buffer, UFS mount, devbuf
  4K  kld, file desc, temp, proc, devbuf, memdesc
  8K  kld, file desc, temp, UFS mount
 16K  file desc, temp, devbuf
 32K  file desc, temp, devbuf, mbuf
 64K  ISOFS mount, NFS hash, UFS ihash
128K  temp, vfscache, VM pgdata
256K  SWAP

Memory statistics by type                          Type  Kern
        Type  InUse MemUse HighUse  Limit Requests Limit Limit Size(s)
      MD disk     2     2K      2K 64194K        2    0     0  16,1K
     ppbusdev     3     1K      1K 64194K        3    0     0  128
  ISOFS mount     1    64K     64K 64194K        1    0     0  64K
          kld    10    11K     16K 64194K       53    0     0  16,32,128,512,1K,4K,8K
  timecounter    10     2K      2K 64194K       10    0     0  128
        dev_t   540    68K     68K 64194K      540    0     0  128
    file desc    35    46K     60K 64194K     6800    0     0  256,512,1K,2K,4K,8K,16K,32K
         file   109     7K    283K 64194K  1135473    0     0  64
        sigio     1     1K      1K 64194K        1    0     0  32
    proc-args    23     1K      2K 64194K     5559    0     0  16,32,64,128,256
       zombie     0     0K      1K 64194K     6753    0     0  128
       atexit     1     1K      1K 64194K        1    0     0  16
        lockf     1     1K      1K 64194K       23    0     0  64
         temp   177    82K    115K 64194K  4596159    0     0  16,32,64,128,256,512,1K,2K,4K,8K,16K,32K,128K
         pgrp    22     1K      1K 64194K     1233    0     0  32
      session    20     2K      2K 64194K      949    0     0  64
         proc     7    10K     10K 64194K       11    0     0  32,1K,4K
      subproc    72     7K     10K 64194K    14795    0     0  32,64,256
         cred     9     2K      2K 64194K     1082    0     0  128
       sysctl     0     0K      1K 64194K      646    0     0  16,32
          bus   358    29K     29K 64194K      476    0     0  16,32,64,128,256,512,1K,2K
 eventhandler    11     1K      1K 64194K       11    0     0  32,64
         SWAP     2   141K    141K 64194K        2    0     0  32,256K
     ioctlops     0     0K      1K 64194K        5    0     0  512,1K
         rman    50     3K      3K 64194K       79    0     0  16,64
         ttys   410    53K     63K 64194K     1229    0     0  128,256
         ptys     3     2K      2K 64194K        3    0     0  512
       soname     1     1K      1K 64194K  3940726    0     0  16,128
          pcb    45     5K     20K 64194K   639691    0     0  16,32,64,2K
   BIO buffer   100   102K   1048K 64194K     9950    0     0  512,1K,2K
     vfscache 14044  1007K   1007K 64194K    17344    0     0  64,128,128K
cluster_save buffer     0     0K      1K 64194K      694    0     0  32,64,128
        mount     4     2K      2K 64194K        6    0     0  16,128,512
       vnodes    24     6K      6K 64194K      327    0     0  16,32,64,128,256
          BPF     3     1K      1K 64194K        3    0     0  32
       ifaddr    15     2K      2K 64194K       15    0     0  32,64,128,256
  ether_multi     7     1K      1K 64194K        7    0     0  16,32,64
     routetbl    61     9K  10295K 64194K   585667    0     0  16,32,64,128,256
     in_multi     2     1K      1K 64194K        2    0     0  32
    tseg_qent     0     0K      5K 64194K   212819    0     0  32
   NFS daemon     1     1K      1K 64194K        1    0     0  256
  NQNFS Lease     1     1K      1K 64194K        1    0     0  1K
     NFS hash     1    64K     64K 64194K        1    0     0  64K
     p1003.1b     1     1K      1K 64194K        1    0     0  16
     FFS node 13187  3297K   3297K 64194K    14242    0     0  256
    UFS ihash     1    64K     64K 64194K        1    0     0  64K
    UFS mount     9    20K     20K 64194K        9    0     0  512,2K,8K
    VM pgdata     1   128K    128K 64194K        1    0     0  128K
         ZONE    18     3K      3K 64194K       18    0     0  128
       isadev    11     1K      1K 64194K       11    0     0  64
  ATA generic     0     1K      1K 64194K        1    0     0  512
    AD driver     2     2K      2K 64194K   204988    0     0  64,1K
       devbuf    82   207K    207K 64194K      114    0     0  16,32,128,256,512,1K,2K,4K,16K,32K
         mbuf     1    28K     28K 64194K        1    0     0  32K
      memdesc     1     4K      4K 64194K        1    0     0  4K
  isa_devlist     0     0K      2K 64194K       19    0     0  16,512,1K
     atkbddev     2     1K      1K 64194K        2    0     0  16

Memory Totals:  In Use    Free    Requests
                 5472K  10077K    11398562





Now to probably complicate things more, I replaced the EEpro card with 
a DEC 21143 based board using the dc driver, and with that card the 
machine dies a little less often, but when it does the machine usually 
hangs hard, or reboots.  Catching the console before it's totally dead, 
I can see the following message scrolling on the screen:

dc0: watchdog timeout

Different than the error from the EEpro card, but still network related,
so again I dumped the above information for comparison, and here it is:


ifconfig:
dc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 207.114.4.35 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 207.114.4.47
        inet 207.114.4.36 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 207.114.4.36
        inet 207.114.4.45 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 207.114.4.45
        inet 207.114.4.46 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 207.114.4.46
        ether 00:c0:f0:3b:a7:eb 
        media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active
        supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP none


netstat -m:
7526/15744/81920 mbufs in use (current/peak/max):
        6064 mbufs allocated to data
        1462 mbufs allocated to packet headers
3948/7874/20480 mbuf clusters in use (current/peak/max)
17716 Kbytes allocated to network (49% in use)
0 requests for memory denied
0 requests for memory delayed
0 calls to protocol drain routines


vmstat -m:
Memory statistics by bucket size
Size   In Use   Free   Requests  HighWater  Couldfree
  16      296    984    4706660       0       1280
  32     3254  21706     599940       0        640
  64    14657   3199    1669347       0        320
 128     1099     53      15587       0        160
 256    16537  14743     357609       0         80
 512       14      2      30928       0         40
  1K       33    743      13704       0         20
  2K       13      5      40824       0         10
  4K       13      2     348612       0          5
  8K        2      4    1255714       0          5
 16K       10      0    2479452       0          5
 32K        1      0    1485462       0          5
 64K        4      0          4       0          5
128K        3      0          3       0          5
256K        1      0          1       0          5

Memory usage type by bucket size
Size  Type(s)
  16  MD disk, kld, proc-args, atexit, temp, sysctl, bus, rman, soname,
          pcb, mount, vnodes, ether_multi, routetbl, p1003.1b, devbuf,
          isa_devlist, atkbddev
  32  kld, sigio, proc-args, temp, pgrp, proc, subproc, sysctl, bus,
          eventhandler, SWAP, pcb, cluster_save buffer, vnodes, BPF, ifaddr,
          ether_multi, routetbl, in_multi, tseg_qent, newblk, bmsafemap,
          indirdep, freefrag, freefile, diradd, dirrem, devbuf
  64  file, proc-args, lockf, temp, session, subproc, bus, eventhandler,
          rman, pcb, vfscache, cluster_save buffer, vnodes, ifaddr,
          ether_multi, routetbl, pagedep, allocdirect, allocindir, isadev,
          AD driver
 128  ppbusdev, kld, timecounter, dev_t, proc-args, zombie, temp, cred,
          bus, ttys, soname, vfscache, cluster_save buffer, mount, vnodes,
          ifaddr, routetbl, inodedep, freeblks, ZONE, devbuf
 256  file desc, proc-args, temp, subproc, bus, ttys, vnodes, ifaddr,
          routetbl, NFS daemon, newblk, FFS node, devbuf
 512  kld, file desc, temp, bus, ioctlops, ptys, BIO buffer, mount,
          UFS mount, ATA generic, devbuf, isa_devlist
  1K  MD disk, kld, file desc, temp, proc, bus, ioctlops, BIO buffer,
          NQNFS Lease, AD driver, devbuf, isa_devlist
  2K  file desc, temp, bus, pcb, BIO buffer, UFS mount, devbuf
  4K  kld, file desc, temp, proc, devbuf, memdesc
  8K  kld, file desc, temp, indirdep, UFS mount
 16K  file desc, temp, pagedep, devbuf
 32K  temp, mbuf
 64K  ISOFS mount, NFS hash, inodedep, UFS ihash
128K  temp, vfscache, VM pgdata
256K  SWAP

Memory statistics by type                          Type  Kern
        Type  InUse MemUse HighUse  Limit Requests Limit Limit Size(s)
      MD disk     2     2K      2K 64189K        2    0     0  16,1K
     ppbusdev     3     1K      1K 64189K        3    0     0  128
  ISOFS mount     1    64K     64K 64189K        1    0     0  64K
          kld    10    11K     16K 64189K       53    0     0  16,32,128,512,1K,4K,8K
  timecounter    10     2K      2K 64189K       10    0     0  128
        dev_t   540    68K     68K 64189K      540    0     0  128
    file desc    37    30K     36K 64189K     7923    0     0  256,512,1K,2K,4K,8K,16K
         file   174    11K    208K 64189K  1332169    0     0  64
        sigio     1     1K      1K 64189K        1    0     0  32
    proc-args    24     2K      2K 64189K     6468    0     0  16,32,64,128,256
       zombie     0     0K      1K 64189K     7875    0     0  128
       atexit     1     1K      1K 64189K        1    0     0  16
        lockf     1     1K      1K 64189K        3    0     0  64
         temp   169   113K    138K 64189K  5648678    0     0  16,32,64,128,256,512,1K,2K,4K,8K,16K,32K,128K
         pgrp    23     1K      1K 64189K     1400    0     0  32
      session    21     2K      2K 64189K     1115    0     0  64
         proc     7    10K     10K 64189K        7    0     0  32,1K,4K
      subproc    77     7K      9K 64189K    17254    0     0  32,64,256
         cred     9     2K      2K 64189K     1264    0     0  128
       sysctl     0     0K      1K 64189K      738    0     0  16,32
          bus   367    31K     31K 64189K      503    0     0  16,32,64,128,256,512,1K,2K
 eventhandler    11     1K      1K 64189K       11    0     0  32,64
         SWAP     2   141K    141K 64189K        2    0     0  32,256K
     ioctlops     0     0K      1K 64189K        5    0     0  512,1K
         rman    50     3K      3K 64189K       79    0     0  16,64
         ttys   410    53K     58K 64189K     1307    0     0  128,256
         ptys     2     1K      1K 64189K        2    0     0  512
       soname     1     1K      1K 64189K  3967614    0     0  16,128
          pcb    50     5K     19K 64189K   738447    0     0  16,32,64,2K
   BIO buffer    26    28K    769K 64189K    12308    0     0  512,1K,2K
     vfscache 14194  1016K   1016K 64189K    18278    0     0  64,128,128K
cluster_save buffer     0     0K      1K 64189K      981    0     0  32,64,128
        mount     4     2K      2K 64189K        6    0     0  16,128,512
       vnodes    24     6K      6K 64189K      327    0     0  16,32,64,128,256
          BPF     3     1K      1K 64189K        3    0     0  32
       ifaddr    16     2K      2K 64189K       16    0     0  32,64,128,256
  ether_multi     7     1K      1K 64189K        7    0     0  16,32,64
     routetbl  6193   871K   6957K 64189K   663076    0     0  16,32,64,128,256
     in_multi     2     1K      1K 64189K        2    0     0  32
    tseg_qent     0     0K      2K 64189K   220376    0     0  32
   NFS daemon     1     1K      1K 64189K        1    0     0  256
  NQNFS Lease     1     1K      1K 64189K        1    0     0  1K
     NFS hash     1    64K     64K 64189K        1    0     0  64K
     p1003.1b     1     1K      1K 64189K        1    0     0  16
      pagedep     2    17K     17K 64189K       32    0     0  64,16K
     inodedep     4    65K     68K 64189K     2813    0     0  128,64K
       newblk     1     1K      1K 64189K    23834    0     0  32,256
    bmsafemap     3     1K      1K 64189K     4690    0     0  32
  allocdirect     1     1K      2K 64189K     8555    0     0  64
     indirdep     1     1K     25K 64189K     2822    0     0  32,8K
   allocindir     1     1K     26K 64189K    15278    0     0  64
     freefrag     0     0K      4K 64189K     3464    0     0  32
     freeblks     0     0K      4K 64189K     1520    0     0  128
     freefile     0     0K      1K 64189K       40    0     0  32
       diradd     2     1K      1K 64189K       61    0     0  32
       dirrem     0     0K      1K 64189K       64    0     0  32
     FFS node 13320  3330K   3331K 64189K    14373    0     0  256
    UFS ihash     1    64K     64K 64189K        1    0     0  64K
    UFS mount     9    20K     20K 64189K        9    0     0  512,2K,8K
    VM pgdata     1   128K    128K 64189K        1    0     0  128K
         ZONE    18     3K      3K 64189K       18    0     0  128
       isadev    11     1K      1K 64189K       11    0     0  64
  ATA generic     0     1K      1K 64189K        1    0     0  512
    AD driver     1     1K      2K 64189K   277266    0     0  64,1K
       devbuf    81   175K    175K 64189K      113    0     0  16,32,128,256,512,1K,2K,4K,16K
         mbuf     1    28K     28K 64189K        1    0     0  32K
      memdesc     1     4K      4K 64189K        1    0     0  4K
  isa_devlist     0     0K      2K 64189K       18    0     0  16,512,1K
     atkbddev     2     1K      1K 64189K        2    0     0  16

Memory Totals:  In Use    Free    Requests
                 6372K   5380K    13003847




All of the above stats were taken while the network card was spitting out 
errors prior to performing a reboot which brings the box back online.  I 
also tried unplugging the nic and plugging it back in without out any 
change.  I also over time have replaced everything in the box except the 
case, but still the problem persists, and in fact took the old hardware
and built a different machine that works fine.  So something related to 
the heavy use by the IRC programs is killing this thing almost daily, and
I am at a loss as to what.

If you or anyone here on the list has any ideas, I would sure love to 
hear them, as it would be nice to get to the bottom of this issue...

=====


Guess thats about it for now, and hopefully someone can give me some
pointers, or lend a hand in trying to get this issue resolved as it's 
driving me nutz.. :)


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