em0 watchdog timeouts

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 02:26:01PM +0200, Vonarburg David wrote:
> Hi
> i am also searching for the dcgdis.zip file to prevent watchdog timeout on em0 device
> Where can i get it
> Thanks
> David

Which watchdog issue are you referring to?  There are many reported
watchdog timeout issues with em(4) in recent days.

Are you referring to the power saving bit in the EEPRO, specific to
certain Intel 82573 NICs?  It's discussed here (see "Networking
(hardware and drivers)"):

http://wiki.freebsd.org/BugBusting/Commonly_reported_issues

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