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EnderUNIX tipsMail to My Friend , Home Page[ FreeBSD ] "/kernel: dc0: watchdog timeout" - Murat Balaban - (2006-06-07 16:14:37) [5959] If you start receiving these messages regularly, read below: FreeBSD network device drivers (dc, xl, sk etc.) utilize watchdog timers to keep some statistics about the device driver and to tackle deadlock situations that may arise because of hardware issues. This timer is set to some specific value by the device driver, and decremented by one once a second. If the timer expires and the network adapter did not finish its job, the watchdog routine for this adapter is run. Time watchdog timer routine simply prints a diagnostics message that is visible through /var/log/messages and restarts the network adapter. Briefly, you can try the following to get rid of the problem: 1. Make sure your network cable is properly attached to your network adapter. 2. Disable Plug & Play OS setting from your BIOS. 3. Many PCI network adapters require a PCI slot that supports Bus Mastering. Some old motherboards have this feature on only on their first PCI slot (pci0). So, plug your network adapter to the first pci slot on your mainboard and see if that helps. Mail to My Friend , Home Page |
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