From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 20 19:06:15 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE7026D9 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:06:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from moku60.aloha50.net (moku60.aloha50.net [66.180.132.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD0D51374 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:06:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by moku60.aloha50.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A22C17029; Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:06:08 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <5306521F.3050505@hdk5.net> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:06:07 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Instability in re driver? References: <201402200339.UAA09587@mail.lariat.net> In-Reply-To: <201402200339.UAA09587@mail.lariat.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:06:15 -0000 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 server kernel: re0: watchdog timeout > Feb 19 18:44:14 server kernel: re0: link state changed to > DOWN > Feb 19 18:44:18 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 server kernel: re0: 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 server kernel: re0: Using 1 MSI-X message > Feb 19 19:08:22 server kernel: re0: Chip rev. 0x28000000 > Feb 19 19:08:22 server kernel: re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000 > Feb 19 19:08:22 server kernel: miibus0: on re0 > Feb 19 19:08:22 server kernel: rgephy0: 1000BASE-T media interfa > ce> PHY 1 on miibus0 > Feb 19 19:08:22 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