Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:06:07 -1000 From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instability in re driver? Message-ID: <5306521F.3050505@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <201402200339.UAA09587@mail.lariat.net> References: <201402200339.UAA09587@mail.lariat.net>
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Brett Glass wrote: > Everyone: > > We've been experiencing occasional crashes on heavily loaded machines > that have Realtek gigabit Ethernet ports built into their motherboards. > This evening, at a time of peak usage, one of the machines showed the > log messages > > Feb 19 18:44:14 <kern.crit> server kernel: re0: watchdog timeout > Feb 19 18:44:14 <kern.notice> server kernel: re0: link state changed to > DOWN > Feb 19 18:44:18 <kern.notice> server kernel: re0: link state changed to UP > > even though we did not take the port down or up. A few minutes later, > the entire machine locked up solid and required a power cycle. > > Here are the boot time messages from the same server (as I rebooted it > following the crash): > > Feb 19 19:08:22 <kern.crit> server kernel: re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 > B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F PCIe Gigabit E > thernet> port 0xd800-0xd8ff mem > 0xfeadf000-0xfeadffff,0xfdefc000-0xfdefffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 > Feb 19 19:08:22 <kern.crit> server kernel: re0: Using 1 MSI-X message > Feb 19 19:08:22 <kern.crit> server kernel: re0: Chip rev. 0x28000000 > Feb 19 19:08:22 <kern.crit> server kernel: re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000 > Feb 19 19:08:22 <kern.crit> server kernel: miibus0: <MII bus> on re0 > Feb 19 19:08:22 <kern.crit> server kernel: rgephy0: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 > 1000BASE-T media interfa > ce> PHY 1 on miibus0 > Feb 19 19:08:22 <kern.crit> server kernel: rgephy0: none, 10baseT, > 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow > , 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, > 1000baseT-master, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000base > T-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, > auto-flow > > This problem is occurring on several servers built with the same > motherboard/chipset. Are there known bugs, hangs, or memory leaks that > might have led to this condition? Are there recent fixes which address > it? (The machines that are crashing are all running the latest security > patch level of FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE.) > > --Brett Glass > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ########## Aloha, I have 3 servers and 2 desktops (All FreeBSD various versions) ( 10 cards) with Trend Net ( re0 ) Real tech 8110 /1000 and 2 cards built on mobo. I have not experienced this failure in 5 years of moderate service. However, I did have a hardware issue that caused what you described. There were capacitors that swelled up on the board. You may want to look for something strange like that. It was a few years back in my case. Al ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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