From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 21:00:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A5F91065807 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:00:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@optiksecurite.com) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 557848FC1A for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:00:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@optiksecurite.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Received: from [69.69.69.183] ([69.70.93.206]) by VL-MH-MR001.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-4.01 (built Aug 3 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KE3002ZXJO8Y0D1@VL-MH-MR001.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:00:08 -0500 (EST) Message-id: <497E24E5.5090701@optiksecurite.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:02:29 -0500 From: FreeBSD User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) To: Graeme Dargie References: <497DDDB7.4000702@optiksecurite.com> <497E07D1.3030604@optiksecurite.com> <01FB8F39BAD0BD49A6D0DA8F78973929561F@Mercury.galaxy.lan.lcl> In-reply-to: <01FB8F39BAD0BD49A6D0DA8F78973929561F@Mercury.galaxy.lan.lcl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Link UP/DOWN problem with re0 on FreeBSD 7.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:00:11 -0000 Graeme Dargie a écrit : > If you do a dmesg are you also showing a watchdog time out for the nic ? > > I only ask as I am having the exact same problem with the exact same card and I have yet to find a solution, if I come across something I will let you know. > > Regards > Graeme Not a single time...sorry. > > -----Original Message----- > From: FreeBSD [mailto:freebsd@optiksecurite.com] > Sent: 26 January 2009 18:58 > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Link UP/DOWN problem with re0 on FreeBSD 7.1 > > FreeBSD a écrit : >> Hi everyone, >> >> Just to put you in context, I applied the following patch to make the >> card available: >> >> SVN rev 186389 on 2008-12-22 00:46:22Z by yongari >> >> Since we don't request reset for rlphy(4), the link state 'UP' >> event from mii(4) may not be delivered if valid link was already >> established. To address the issue, check current link state after >> driving MII_TICK. This should fix a regression introduced in >> r185753 on fast ethernet controllers. >> >> --- >> >> I don't have any issue related to that anymore. The problem is that I >> get link UP/DOWN a few times per hour on 3 identical machines that I >> dumped/restored. They are all pluged in a Cisco switch that works fine >> for every other PCs. >> >> Jan 26 06:09:15 term005 kernel: re0: link state changed to DOWN >> Jan 26 06:09:17 term005 kernel: re0: link state changed to UP >> >> I tried to switch cables, but I got the same result. >> >> There is the pciconf -lv output: >> >> re0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x02831028 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02 >> hdr=0x00 >> vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' >> device = 'RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC' >> class = network >> subclass = ethernet >> >> There is the output of vmstat -i: >> >> interrupt total rate >> irq18: re0 ehci0++ 63766 0 >> irq19: atapci0 277001 3 >> cpu0: timer 156068748 1961 >> Total 156409515 1966 >> >> Could it be related to the fact that there is re0 and ehci0++ on the >> same IRQ? >> >> Thank you for your help, >> >> Martin > > I just tried with a brand new Dell 2708 switch and the problem is still > there. I just confirmed that the UP/DOWN occurs every 10 minutes (+- a > few seconds). > > Thanks again, > > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >