Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 20:47:21 +0000 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Carlos Pardo <cpardo@fastsoft.com> Subject: Re: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet Dell 610 and Dell 710 servers Message-ID: <7F8471369FCBE1D8AD52A9CE@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <200905272132.30356.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <D13CB108B048BD47B69C0CA1E0B5C032B63A40@hq-es.FASTSOFT.COM> <1536DA231EE20F276D566076@Macintosh-2.local> <200905272132.30356.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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--On Wednesday, May 27, 2009 14:32:30 -0500 Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 May 2009 02:08:38 Paul Schmehl wrote: >> --On May 25, 2009 4:02:57 PM -0700 Carlos Pardo <cpardo@fastsoft.com> >> >> wrote: >> > We are back porting the bce driver from 8.0 to 7.0. We are still missing >> > some changes since cold boots work but rebooting (warm booting) fails! >> > >> > The error is: >> > >> > bce0: ../../../dev/bce/if_bce.c(1386); Unable to write CTX memory: >> > cid_addr = 0x00000000, offset = 0x00000000! >> > >> > files back ported: >> > >> > bce/if_bce.h >> > bce/if_bcefw.h >> > bce/if_bvereg.h >> > mii/brgphy.c >> > mii/brgphyreg.h >> >> 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. > -- I have not experienced that. # uname -a FreeBSD mail.stovebolt.com 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #3: Wed Jul 2 18:44:10 CDT 2008 root@www2.stovebolt.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 # ifconfig bce0 bce0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=1bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4> ether 00:13:72:fb:2a:ad inet 66.221.101.249 netmask 0xffffe000 broadcast 66.221.127.255 inet 66.221.101.251 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 66.221.101.251 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* Check the headers before clicking on Reply.
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