ghosthunting: machine freeze 6.2R

[Oliver Fromme]

Roger Miranda wrote:
 > Volker wrote:
 > > [...]
 > > I've attached the latest dmesg, can you see any similarities (as it
 > > still might be a hardware issue)?
 > [...]
 > Our current version is: FreeBSD  6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0
 > 
 > Looks like you are also using the EM network adapter driver.  We are 
 > suspecting the driver or Network adapters them self.  Our other boxes are 
 > using xl0 (3com) and are working fine.

The em(4) driver has received quite a few updates lately,
and I think some of them have been MFCed to RELENG_6 since
6.2-RELEASE.  I don't use any em(4) interfaces myself
(I prefer bge(4) and others), so I'm not sure if there's
any relationship with your trouble, but I suggest you try
updating to the latest 6-stable (RELENG_6) code.

(Or even give 7-current a try if you have a spare disk for
installation so you can quickly swap it back with 6.x if
any show-stoppers arise.  In general I don't recommend
installing 7-current on production machines, though.)

Best regards
   Oliver

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