From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 27 21:16:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A714E1065735 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 21:16:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=391a39e74=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu (ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.111]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65F118FC27 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 21:16:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=391a39e74=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) X-Group: RELAYLIST X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.41,261,1241413200"; d="scan'208";a="12593128" Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu ([129.110.20.110]) by ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP; 27 May 2009 15:47:21 -0500 Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C40C94EF37; Wed, 27 May 2009 15:47:21 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 20:47:21 +0000 From: Paul Schmehl To: Mel Flynn , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <7F8471369FCBE1D8AD52A9CE@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <200905272132.30356.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <1536DA231EE20F276D566076@Macintosh-2.local> <200905272132.30356.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) X-Munged-Reply-To: Figure it out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Carlos Pardo Subject: Re: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet Dell 610 and Dell 710 servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 21:16:31 -0000 --On Wednesday, May 27, 2009 14:32:30 -0500 Mel Flynn wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 May 2009 02:08:38 Paul Schmehl wrote: >> --On May 25, 2009 4:02:57 PM -0700 Carlos Pardo >> >> 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 metric 0 mtu 1500 options=1bb 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 ) 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.