ANECDOTALLY, network driver geom times out under moderate steady load on a Sun Blade 150 within an hour of use. (as in network stops working, everything else is ok, and dmesg says "geom0: device timeout" about every 30 seconds; and reboot fixes it)
Haven't seen the problem yet under Linux. Have seen it multiple times under OpenBSD 4.2. The machine was able to be up for days no problem busy with cd /usr/ports/x11/kde && sudo make, so generally all else is well. I will try 4.3 soon. I know this is poor problem report. It's about all I have. I can do my work equally well for now under any BSD or Linux so punting is ok for me. (I'm porting some stuff to all of OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux.) lspci from Linux: s00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Psycho UPA-PCI Bus Module [pcipsy] 00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 21152 PCI-to-PCI Bridge 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+] 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 01) 00:0c.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO EBUS (rev 01) 00:0c.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO 10/100 Ethernet [eri] (rev 01) 00:0c.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO 1394 (rev 01) 00:0c.3 USB Controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO USB (rev 01) 00:0d.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3) 00:13.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) 01:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 21152 PCI-to-PCI Bridge 02:01.0 Bridge: Xerox Corporation Unknown device 0017 02:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCILynx/PCILynx2 IEEE 1394 Link Layer Controller (rev 04) I assume Linux dmesg isn't interesting, and I can send OpenBSD dmesg if it matters. Fuller disclosure: The first install I saw this on I had partly done cd /usr/src && make, it failed eventually not knowing some size, I didn't know you had to build the kernel first. Anyway, I reinstalled, didn't rebuild any of OpenBSD that time, same behavior. Fuller disclosure: hardware bought used on eBay, can't really be vouched for. But Linux isn't having the problem. Sound at all familiar? Thanks, - Jay
