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Date:      Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:36:27 +0100
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        Weldon S Godfrey 3 <weldon@excelsusphoto.com>
Cc:        Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 8.0 - network stack crashes?
Message-ID:  <9bbcef730911030536p5707fc2fg7228eb69b729b288@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911030832320.36102@emmett.excelsus.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911020747560.80499@emmett.excelsus.com>  <hcnt4c$12i$1@ger.gmane.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911021952220.1264@emmett.excelsus.com>  <200911030937.11619.pieter@degoeje.nl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911030832320.36102@emmett.excelsus.com>

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2009/11/3 Weldon S Godfrey 3 <weldon@excelsusphoto.com>:
>
>
> If memory serves me right, sometime around 9:37am, Pieter de Goeje told m=
e:
>
>> Are you perhaps using em(4)? There was an mbuf leak in the driver, which
>> was fixed recently.
>> You can check mbuf usage with netstat -m.
>>
>
> we are using onboard NICs on the Dell using the bce driver. =C2=A0We did =
try
> several times to see if using an intel PCIexpress card using the em drive=
r,
> and we had the same symptoms.
>
> Could the bce driver have the same leak?

It would be unlikely to pass unnoticed since Dells are common hardware...



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