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Date:      Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:00:29 +0000
From:      Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net>
To:        Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
Cc:        Nick Rogers <ncrogers@gmail.com>, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: em(4) interface hangs under 8.0-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <20100306180029.GA99452@voi.aagh.net>
In-Reply-To: <2a41acea1003051718r241ac3e9w6ceb37bde0128b43@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <147432021003051648x1a1417dfp3c778922ea2c571f@mail.gmail.com> <2a41acea1003051718r241ac3e9w6ceb37bde0128b43@mail.gmail.com>

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* Jack Vogel (jfvogel@gmail.com) wrote:

> Its using MSI? Given that its PCI-X I have no idea how robust MSI is,
> how bout you compile it with that disabled, use legacy IRQ and see
> if that makes any diff.

I'm seeing similar issues with a quad port 82546EB card, and they're not
using MSI as far as I can tell; IRC 28-31.  MSI's are >127 or so I
think?

> Using TSO on anything pre-PCI Express is a bad idea, probably why
> its gotten a bad rep in the em driver.

Don't see TSO in ifconfig options, but will issue an ifconfig em3 -tso
to see if it makes any difference.

Interestingly I can pull 30-60MB/s to/from em0 (LAN) without any
problems, but pulling 5MB/s from em3 has repeatedly led to the interface
just going silent until I bounce it.  Quite intermitent though,
sometimes it dies in the first second or two, sometimes I can pull down
20GB without a hitch.

-- 
Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst
    http://hur.st/



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