Re: Problems with netbsd-8 RC1 and ixg drivers (?)

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 09:46:21AM +0200, 6bone%6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de@localhost wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> At the weekend I tried to update to a current version of netbsd-8 rc1.
> 
> After the restart, the kernel will work for a few hours. After that, no
> packets will arrive at the network card. The server is running normally. No
> hints in dmesg.
> 
> Some network programs report issues:
> 
> zebra[371]: rtm_write: write : No buffer space available (55)
> 
> syslogd[541]: recvfrom() unix `/var/run/log': No buffer space available
> 
> gate zebra[1423]: routing socket error: No buffer space available

You are seeing two different issues here. The "No buffer space" is considered
harmless (it used to be silent, but the lossage should be the same).

The ixg(4) stops receiving packets is under investigation, RC2 is waiting
for a proposed patch being tested.

Martin