Re: Device bge watchdog timeouts

From: Sten <sten_at_blinkenlights.nl>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:49:11 +0100 (CET)
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Robin P. Blanchard wrote:

> We just repurposed a Dell 2550 from a 4.9-STABLE backup server (very
> intensive network load) to a 5.2-CURRENT shoutcast/realserver (minimal
> network load) and are seeing watchdog timeout errors constantly. We
> experience no such trouble in it's -STABLE incarnation (using the -STABLE bge
> driver). We have temporarily given up on the bge driver in -CURRENT and are
> using the other 100base (fxp) onboard nic. Has anyone got any suggestions on
> how to get this machine running smoothly using its gig interface (with
> -CURRENT) ? Thanks in advance.

we have had quite a lot of problems with the bge's in older 2550's,
the watchdog timeouts caused freevrrpd to bork leading to quite
unwelcome problems. This was with 4.8. We blamed it on buggy
bge hardware, and have gone back to the fxp as well.

-- 
Sten Spans

There is a crack in everything that's how the light gets in.
Received on Fri Dec 12 2003 - 01:52:30 UTC

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