Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:10:37 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: Olivier Mueller <om-lists-bsd@omx.ch>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Still have BCE driver issues (dell pe 1950) and NFS Message-ID: <4550AFFD.9090104@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <200611071005.28853.josh@tcbug.org> References: <1162852746.32694.23.camel@bigapple.omnis.ch> <454FE82F.8090500@samsco.org> <4550524A.2060208@qbrick.com> <200611071005.28853.josh@tcbug.org>
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Josh Paetzel wrote: > 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 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 >>> > > I know I've brought this up before, but I have a PE1950 with a pair of > bce nics that get pounded on 24/7. I've been using 6.1-R with the > 0.9.6 version of the bce driver for a couple of months now. The > driver is available here: http://yogurt.org/FreeBSD/if_bce.c I've > emailed the author of the driver and I've at least mentioned it to > Scott once but I really can't understand why we don't just import > this driver into the tree. > > What you just posted is exactly what committed to CVS for 7-CURRENT and 6-STABLE, and what was proven to break down under moderate to heavy UDP traffic. I don't doubt that your servers have a load that doesn't trigger the problem, but if you're curious I can send you a couple of very simple test cases that will cause your driver to panic and your network interface to wedge. Scott
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