From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 2 20:22:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3775816A406 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 20:22:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FED343D45 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 20:22:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k42KMT4i031002; Tue, 2 May 2006 16:22:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: Ralf Folkerts Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 16:18:15 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200605011700.k41H0W55054176@freefall.freebsd.org> <200605011411.44107.jhb@freebsd.org> <1146592920.1030.5.camel@beaster> In-Reply-To: <1146592920.1030.5.camel@beaster> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200605021618.17308.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1436/Tue May 2 13:41:37 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, SUBJ_HAS_UNIQ_ID autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/96516: FreeBSD/amd64 intermittent Network-Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 20:22:34 -0000 On Tuesday 02 May 2006 14:02, Ralf Folkerts wrote: > Am Montag, den 01.05.2006, 14:11 -0400 schrieb John Baldwin: > > Hi John, > > > On Monday 01 May 2006 13:00, Ralf Folkerts wrote: > > > The following reply was made to PR amd64/96516; it has been noted by GNATS. > > > > > > From: Ralf Folkerts > > > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, ralf.folkerts@gmx.de > > > Cc: > > > Subject: Re: amd64/96516: FreeBSD/amd64 intermittent Network-Problems > > > Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 18:52:40 +0200 > > > > > > This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. > > > > > > --------------ms080403000000010307050905 > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > thanks for your reply! Here's an excerpt from Linux' lspci -v: > > > > > > 05:07.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] > > > (rev 30 > > > ) > > > Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905B Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 > > > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22 > > > I/O ports at c880 [size=128] > > > Memory at feaffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] > > > Expansion ROM at 50000000 [disabled] [size=128K] > > > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 > > > > Ok, so it's on IRQ 22. Does linux have any other devices on IRQ 21? > > > > > When I put the "hw.pci5.7.INTA.irq=21" in the Loader I don't get any > > > Network at all: > > > > Ok, so it's not that xl0 is actually on irq 21. > > > > It would be helpful to know which device is suddently spouting > > interrupts. Can you make it go away by removing the sound or > > USB drivers? > > ok, I'll give that a try! Will it be sufficient to just remove the > Driver or should I remove the Sound Card and disable USB in BIOS? Also, > will Sound and USB be all? Should I also try another Graphics Card? Just removing the driver should be fine. Mostly I want to see if turning off the other devices listening on IRQ 21 helps. If it does then I'd like you to try just turning one of them off at a time to see if it is related to one of the devices. > However, as the problem just occurs intermittent (sometimes it doesn't > show for 2 - 3 weeks, then again it happens 3 times a day) it may take a > bit for me to get back to this; I'll try to run some "heavy" tests at > latest over this weekend... > > Cheers, > _ralf_ > > -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org