Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:22:31 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Lawrence Farr <bsd-current@epcdirect.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fxp floods network on panic Message-ID: <20031122102231.GA15960@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <011a01c3b0d8$88bae4c0$c806a8c0@lfarr> References: <200311181818.44471.m.re@inet.it> <011a01c3b0d8$88bae4c0$c806a8c0@lfarr>
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--9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 09:10:54AM -0000, Lawrence Farr wrote: > I have an up to date SMP machine with an Intel 10/100 > card and fxp driver. The machine has started to > panic during running make release, and when it does, the > intel card floods the network and pretty much wipes it out. > ie no machines on the same switch can even ping each other. > The switch is lit up like a christmas tree, and rebooting > the box immediately brings the network to life. >=20 > The machine is hung solid, so even though I have serial=20 > access to it, I cant reboot it to clear the condition. >=20 > I seem to remember that the Intel card can go into some sort > of "test" mode on a panic. Is there any way of preventing > this? Or did I just imagine that? Known problem. Set hw.fxp_noflow: 1 Kris --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/vzjnWry0BWjoQKURAsNRAJ9L+Z9rupyiSBMjsEDGtpT8WH0eyQCfQVi0 0uJ7DLmxllfv6UXM7/WaqPI= =z715 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj--
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