Bug 18932 - Total loss of ethernet needing reboot. Possible if_vr driver problem.
Summary: Total loss of ethernet needing reboot. Possible if_vr driver problem.
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: Unspecified
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 2000-06-01 05:50 UTC by root
Modified: 2001-07-22 04:43 UTC (History)
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Description root 2000-06-01 05:50:00 UTC
After an hour or so of traffic on my nic the kernel reports
rx error: unknown rx error.

after that the stack is broken and the machine must be rebooted before
any traffic can leave the machine.

The machine is a PC with a celeron, a DFI M/B with an intel chipset,
the nic is a miibus/rhine compatible DLINK 530TX.  My network is just 2
back to back fbsd boxes. They both have the same DLINK in them but my
second machine is running fbsd 3.4R.  The 3.4 machine has never had 
any problems.

Fix: 

not known.
How-To-Repeat: ~60 minutes of semi-constant NFS(udp), web and other 
misc traffic across VR0
Comment 1 Mike Barcroft freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-07-22 04:02:49 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->feedback


Does this problem still occur in newer versions of FreeBSD, 
such as 4.3-RELEASE?
Comment 2 Mike Barcroft freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-07-22 04:42:38 UTC
State Changed
From-To: feedback->closed


Problem was hardware related; see Audit-Trail for details.
Comment 3 Mike Barcroft freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-07-22 04:49:03 UTC
Adding to Audit-Trail.

On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 11:05:26PM -0400, Martin E. Kokkelink wrote:
> 
> i'v actually isolated the problem down to a really obscure hardware conflict
> between my poor soyo motherboard and my unreliable ati video card. i'v
> actually got two dlink via-rhine compat cards in a 3.4 system right now and
> everything is fine.
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------4D454B
> Martin E. Kokkelink.
> Golden Triangle Online Inc. Systems Division.
> (519) 576-3334 ext. 1386
> 
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 mike@FreeBSD.org wrote:
> 
> > Synopsis: Total loss of ethernet needing reboot.  Possible if_vr driver problem.
> >
> > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
> > State-Changed-By: mike
> > State-Changed-When: Sat Jul 21 20:02:49 PDT 2001
> > State-Changed-Why:
> >
> > Does this problem still occur in newer versions of FreeBSD,
> > such as 4.3-RELEASE?
> >
> > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=18932
> >
>