re: kern/57694 (rge(4) hang)

[matthew green <mrg%eterna23.net@localhost>]

> i guess it might be useful to get a dump of all the descriptors
> at the hang-time, to see their status.
>
> i'll see about doing that, but this is the only machine i've
> seen this hang on and i'm loathe to reboot it ever as it does
> not reboot without power cycle, and recently, it took about 5
> power cycles for it to get past whatever problem it has.

i recently patched this system's kernel and rebooted it, it only
took 6 or 7 power cycles to work this time (i really really need
to replace this system), and then another power outage lead it
two dumps of the rx descriptors when it has hung.

both times the rge(4) hung about 1h after booting.

unfortunately, AFAICT, all 1024 are currently "owned by the
hardware", and appear to be ready to go, both times.  ie, there
is no indication what is wrong here at all.

i don't know enough about how this sort of h/w works to really
judge what is happening here.


.mrg.