From nobody@FreeBSD.org Sat Dec 10 00:04:43 2005 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8E7E16A41F for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:04:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EA9D43D49 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:04:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jBA04hHc090966 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:04:43 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jBA04hGR090965; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:04:43 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200512100004.jBA04hGR090965@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:04:43 GMT From: Moses Leslie To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: adding aliases to em0 interfaces cause the interface to reset X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 >Number: 90167 >Category: kern >Synopsis: [em] adding aliases to em0 interfaces cause the interface to reset >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 10 00:10:04 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: Mon Dec 25 14:44:01 GMT 2006 >Last-Modified: Mon Dec 25 14:44:01 GMT 2006 >Originator: Moses Leslie >Release: 5.4-RELEASE-p8 >Organization: n/a >Environment: FreeBSD c3 5.4-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 #0: Fri Oct 21 12:05:35 PDT 2005 root@cybercat3.hosting.flyingcroc.net:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/STD i386 >Description: For over a year, bringing up aliases on an em0 interface has caused the interface to reset, resulting in 45-60 seconds of downtime while the interface renegotiates. Interactive sessions are usually reset as well, which could cause the server to be no longer accessable. >How-To-Repeat: Connect to server from remote. ifconfig em0 alias 192.168.0.129 netmask 255.255.255.255 >Fix: Use alternative gbit controllers, bge has never had this issue. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-i386->freebsd-bugs Responsible-Changed-By: linimon Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Feb 21 23:00:09 UTC 2006 Responsible-Changed-Why: This does not sound i386-specific. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=90167 State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: remko State-Changed-When: Mon Dec 25 14:44:00 UTC 2006 State-Changed-Why: This problem had been resolved. I cannot reproduce this on my server at home, which has multiple em cards inside it. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=90167 >Unformatted: