em network issues

[Jack Vogel]

On 10/19/06, Erwin Lansing <erwin at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 11:40:16AM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote:
> > On 10/19/06, Remko Lodder <remko at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >Kip Macy wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Jack Vogel wrote:
> > >>> I'm a bit confused from the way you worded this, do you have watchdogs
> > >>> with em, or you use em to avoid them?
> > >>
> > >> I have watchdogs with the current (post vendor update) em driver, but
> > >> not with an older (pre vendor update) version of it.
> > >>
> > >
> > >Same here!
> > >
> > >Didn't had the problem prior to the update, after the update it
> > >started doing watchdog timeouts, occassionaly the interface goes
> > >up/down after the watchdog error.  I did not spot this on my other
> > >servers yet, but the traffic passing the if_em interface is not that
> > >much (just normal webtraffic, mail traffic etc).
> > >
> > >cheers,
> > >remko
> >
> > LOL, you arent helping, i need to know WHAT CVS deltas work vs dont,
> > in other words, which delta in the REL_ENG_6 stream broke things??
> > If you quantify what 'the update' means that might help me, was this
> > the 6.2 BETA or what?
> >
> A bit more helpfull, but unfortunately not much is a datapoint saying no
> problems April 3rd and watchdog timeouts after September 28 RELENG_6. I
> know, probably too vague to be of any use, but there it is.
>
> Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.1.4 on a workstation
> with next to no traffic.

so, you mean you did a cvsup on 9/28, and one was done on april 3?