From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 02:12:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFDF8106566C for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:12:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f54.google.com (mail-pz0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C03508FC12 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:12:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk7 with SMTP id 7so644009pzk.13 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:12:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:date:to:cc :subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=ZeTYvpscMHcmNcCZzqtteyx93+vXbMtqrhq2cPgRXhg=; b=s3EcPACYkbLed0xor/ahUlNHFReyLTQGSBlQt7WZSeA2SIxoSwDyGZGaavdfE7s7jK EtUfYvbK+I53ydxJYpcyQXtxzXtwF3jCc8L3ut90RdL12jEC8y8YZx9/AUCnPX11cBVM kpOBUaDTu+9aY9yF9TXo0hKynmGKSWQ8uHPXA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=jq2CInsr4DvvHEAYXFFtS3nxvZr/wkd5+XzpLygGiyewmrbw1aBMmTJQ18FwDriLhi 7ChpEyphtb1w7id05E+ihyxuP4FNl6986uaMLoVxxWLy8pdz6nWIrNoYfyH980lED5oy PAmc6xPrADNvlCZp7wCWVsK8NNY5UX2R+eJXk= Received: by 10.114.27.2 with SMTP id a2mr2799737waa.25.1285294327109; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:12:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pyunyh@gmail.com ([174.35.1.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s5sm2564634wak.12.2010.09.23.19.12.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:12:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by pyunyh@gmail.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:11:15 -0700 From: Pyun YongHyeon Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:11:15 -0700 To: a.smith@ukgrid.net Message-ID: <20100924021115.GI15014@michelle.cdnetworks.com> References: <20100923154054.21153ulpaucsnocg@webmail2.ukgrid.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100923154054.21153ulpaucsnocg@webmail2.ukgrid.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bge watchdog timeout errors FreeBSD 7.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:12:08 -0000 On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 03:40:54PM +0100, a.smith@ukgrid.net wrote: > Hi, > > we are seeing these errors repeatedly on a new Dell R300 server: > > Sep 23 15:06:29 vcomm kernel: bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting > Sep 23 15:06:29 vcomm kernel: bge0: link state changed to DOWN > Sep 23 15:06:31 vcomm kernel: bge0: link state changed to UP > > Server OS is: > > FreeBSD vcomm 7.3-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE-p1 #0: Wed May 26 > 04:29:05 UTC 2010 > root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > We have so far, changed the cable, changed the network port, and > lastly upgraded the server firmware (which included some update to the > NIC). But the issue continues. > > Info on the hardware from dmesg: > > bge0: mem > 0xdfdf0000-0xdfdfffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 > miibus0: on bge0 > > No shared interrupts: > > # vmstat -i > interrupt total rate > irq16: mpt0 21776213 30 > irq21: uhci0 uhci2+ 290 0 > irq23: atapci0 58 0 > cpu0: timer 1438708756 2006 > irq256: bge0 50544776 70 > cpu1: timer 1438700714 2006 > Total 2949730807 4113 > > Network switch is Cisco, I can get the exact model if required. > Is this a bug, hardware issue? Should I be worried? > Please apply patch at the following URL and let me know how it goes. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/stable/7/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c?r1=207862&r2=208995&view=patch http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c?r1=212302&r2=212755&view=patch