Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 21:53:51 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Subject: Re: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet Dell 610 and Dell 710 servers Message-ID: <200905272153.51355.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905272136400.54475@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <D13CB108B048BD47B69C0CA1E0B5C032B63A40@hq-es.FASTSOFT.COM> <200905272132.30356.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905272136400.54475@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Wednesday 27 May 2009 21:37:47 Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> Why would you need to do that? There is a bce driver in the 7.x OS > >> already. > > > > Cause it's unstable? Search these or many other archives. The short > > answer: under IO load the card drops net link or panics kernel. > > is it any recipe to trigger that behaviour? i have that card (builtin) on > loaded server with 2 months uptime and with quite lot of traffic going > through that card. Don't have local archives handy, but here ya go: <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=opera&rls=en&hs=H9j&num=30&q=bce+problem+freebsd+site%3Alists.freebsd.org&btnG=Search>; -- Mel
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