Problems with em interfaces on FreeBSD 6.1

[Gleb Smirnoff]

  Daniel,

On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 01:42:32PM +0200, Daniel Ryslink wrote:
D> We have started to use the em driver only recently, after the upgrade to 
D> gigabit connectivity (100 MBit NICs from Intel used the fxp driver).
D> 
D> As for the frequency of the incidents, here is a grep of the messages:
D> 
D> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ <slash> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D> Aug  4 22:35:23 b2 kernel: em0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  5 00:09:20 b2 kernel: em1: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  5 06:08:59 b2 kernel: em1: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  6 12:38:16 b2 kernel: em1: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  6 20:39:47 b2 kernel: em0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  7 18:37:29 b2 kernel: em1: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  8 07:27:48 b2 kernel: em0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  8 09:38:17 b2 kernel: em0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  8 12:54:54 b2 kernel: em1: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  8 22:41:17 b2 kernel: em1: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  9 05:17:24 b2 kernel: em1: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  9 10:56:10 b2 kernel: em1: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug  9 20:10:06 b2 kernel: em1: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug 11 08:41:44 b2 kernel: em0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> Aug 11 10:35:43 b2 kernel: em0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
D> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ <slash> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D> 
D> The driver used is version 3.2.18 (I wanted to use the Intel 6.1.4 as a 
D> module, but I have found out that I made a mistake and accidentally loaded 
D> the old 3.2.18 driver).
D> 
D> I have dilemma now - which new driver to try? The 6.0.5 submitted to the 
D> current FreeBSD 6.1 branch (modified by you, I believe, on 8th August), or 
D> the newest driver from Intel 6.1.4? Do you think one of these drivers 
D> could solve my problems?

I'm not sure whether new driver will solve your problems. You should give
a try to 6.1-STABLE which has 6.0.5 in it. The difference between 6.1.4 and
6.0.5 is quite small, I doubt that 6.1.4 worth a try in your case.

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