Problems with em interfaces on FreeBSD 6.1

[Gleb Smirnoff]

  Daniel,

On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 10:06:00AM +0200, Daniel Ryslink wrote:
D> We have currently upgraded one of our routers to Gigabit connectivity and 
D> FreeBSD 6.1 Release.
D> 
D> The hardware is Supermicro SuperServer 5015M-T  - we have tried both the 
D> integrated NIC and yet another external Intel NIC - specifically
D> 
D> Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter
D> PWLA8492MT
D> 
D> The problem is that several times a day, the following appears in 
D> messages:
D> 
D> Aug 11 08:41:44 b2 kernel: em0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> 
D> accompanied with a loss of connectivity lasting for several seconds.
D> 
D> We have tried using both the default driver that came with the FreeBSD 
D> installation as well as the newest driver from Intel dated 2th April 2006 
D> compiled as a module, but the problem still persists.
D> 
D> If anyone encountered the problem and has a solution, I would be very 
D> grateful.

Sometime ago this message was not printed, but the reset was processed
and the loss of connectivity was also present. So, probably you hadn't
noticed this problem before.

How many times per day is this message printed?

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