Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 11:05:28 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Olivier Mueller <om-lists-bsd@omx.ch> Subject: Re: Still have BCE driver issues (dell pe 1950) and NFS Message-ID: <200611071005.28853.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <4550524A.2060208@qbrick.com> References: <1162852746.32694.23.camel@bigapple.omnis.ch> <454FE82F.8090500@samsco.org> <4550524A.2060208@qbrick.com>
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On Tuesday 07 November 2006 03:30, Fredrik Widlund wrote: > Hi, > > Will a fix/this fix be part of the 6.2 Release? We will be relying > heavily on fbsd6.2 and pe1950 and are worried about the BCE > stability? > > Kind regards, > Fredrik Widlund > > Scott Long wrote: > > Olivier Mueller wrote: > >> Le 7 nov. 06 =E0 01:15, Scott Long a =E9crit : > >>> 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:=20 > >>>> 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 > > I know I've brought this up before, but I have a PE1950 with a pair of=20 bce nics that get pounded on 24/7. I've been using 6.1-R with the=20 0.9.6 version of the bce driver for a couple of months now. The=20 driver is available here: http://yogurt.org/FreeBSD/if_bce.c I've=20 emailed the author of the driver and I've at least mentioned it to=20 Scott once but I really can't understand why we don't just import=20 this driver into the tree. =2D-=20 Thanks, Josh Paetzel
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