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Date:      Fri, 22 Jul 2005 01:40:07 +0100 (BST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrey Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        marcolz@stack.nl, wpaul@windriver.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: rl(4) is not ready for mpsafenet net enough? (silent reboots)
Message-ID:  <20050722013938.H16902@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050722003657.GA1415@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <20050721134816.GA8550@nagual.pp.ru> <20050721142445.GA77847@stack.nl> <20050721143443.GB10010@nagual.pp.ru> <20050721.091844.10574798.imp@bsdimp.com> <20050721152946.GA11578@nagual.pp.ru> <20050722011804.O16902@fledge.watson.org> <20050722003657.GA1415@nagual.pp.ru>

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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Andrey Chernov wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 01:20:46AM +0100, Robert Watson wrote:
>> FYI, most locking bugs in network interfaces that I've seen don't result
>> in a spontaneous reboot, and that's a somewhat worrying symptom.  Is this
>> something you can easily reproduce in a short period of time, or in
>> particular, using a particular program or system call?  Is there any
>> chance your box has firewire and you can use a firewire debugger to
>> inspect memory?
>
> I can't reproduce it, it happens after few hours running. Perhaps the 
> problem is not in rl(4) and making it GIANT only mask the problem. I 
> have spare hardware to swith to and experiment and I'll see what 
> happens.

If the same problem occurs using a different adapter but identical 
software configuration otherwise, that would be very helpful to know.

Robert N M Watson



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