[BSD-INDIA] What does "watchdog timeout" signify?

[Saju Pillai]

Siju George wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>My OpenBSD Firewall Shows this error at times
>
>Sep 28 17:56:59 rain /bsd: dc0: watchdog timeout
>
>Any idea what it means or Signify?
>

     *dc%d:* *watchdog* *timeout*  A packet was queued for transmission and a trans-
     mit command was issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the
     transmission before a timeout expired.  This can happen if the device is
     unable to deliver interrupts for some reason, or if there is a problem
     with the network connection (cable).

from http://www.google.com/search?q=openbsd+man+dc

regards
srp

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