At 12:52 PM 2/26/2008, Stuart Henderson wrote: >I've seen some problems with the onboard NICs on net5501, where >if the device connected is unplugged and replugged, the interface >has link, is able to transmit packets, but is unable to receive >packets (nothing shown in tcpdump on the interface). Bringing >the interface down and back up fixes it. > >Has anyone noticed this on OS other than OpenBSD?
Yes, on FreeBSD this can happen in RELENG_6. What seems to "fix" it is a packet going on the outbound interface will 'unwedge' it so that the box can received packets once again. In the logs, a vr0: Using force reset command. will appear. It also seems to happen more frequently on vr0 than the other nics. Not sure if its an interrupt issue ? The newer version of the driver soon to go into HEAD seems to reduce the amount of "force reset command" that I see. I havent yet seen a situation where the interface stops receiving packets with the new driver. But then again, I cant make this situation appear on demand so I dont know if the problem is gone, or just less visible. ---Mike >_______________________________________________ >Soekris-tech mailing list >Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com >http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech