Subject: Re: Serious SCB Timeout problems in 2.0.2 on Alpha w/ fxp devices
To: Stephen Jones <smj@cirr.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/26/2005 21:55:42
On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 12:53:11PM -0700, Stephen Jones wrote:
> 
> 
> I'll get the details on the cisco ethernet switches I'm using and their 
> differences in
> configuration.  Another thing to note is that I ran these all on 1.6.x 
> for 2+ years
> with only minimal SCB timeout issues .. it was never this frequent.  
> The only thing
> that has changed is I moved all the systems from 1.6.x to 2.0.2 in a 
> single event.

It's possible that 2.0.2 is making an heavier usage of memory or PCI
bandwith ? Maybe this SCB timeout is a problem caused by contention, not
handled very well by the fxp chip ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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