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Date:      Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:58:07 -0700
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Olivier Mueller <om-lists-bsd@omx.ch>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Still have BCE driver issues (dell pe 1950) and NFS
Message-ID:  <454FE82F.8090500@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <B9BE8B83-4886-433B-89FB-D1D4E6840726@omx.ch>
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Olivier Mueller wrote:
> Le 7 nov. 06 à 01:15, Scott Long a écrit :
> 
>> Olivier Mueller wrote:
>>> NFS Server: dell poweredge 1950, with the 1.2.2.6 version of if_bce.c:
>>> bce0: <Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B1), v0.9.6> mem
>>> - Start a directory listing on it:  immediate (network) crash of the NFS
>>>   server.   (reproduced 3 times)
>>
>> Do the following, then retry your test:
>> ifconfig bce0 -txcsum
> 
> Oh, this way it looks much better, thanks.  Directory listing was fine,
> and copying files during 2-3 minutes over NFS worked as well. More
> tests will follow tomorrow.
> 
> Next step? :-)  Should I put that command somewhere in my init
> scripts, or even directly in rc.conf, or wait for a new if_bce0.c
> version?  I am available for any other PE1950-related tests if this
> may help.
> 
> Regards,
> Olivier

Change /sys/dev/bce/if_bcereg.h so that BCE_IF_HWASSIST is defined to 0.
Then recompile.

Scott




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