From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 31 19:25:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3439716A400 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 19:25:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.240]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA18713C45B for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 19:25:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so130169anc for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 12:25:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bQ1pImbemEWR69uLozQNrBA4hNeIAwshtwC/ldJp+gL0oXxp4IfLpIU9w0kn7YwmA1Q3Rk3LWYc78GGDuWJzxljHC2ogvEi8+0tA2x0uS2sqBXUWoNlDGECxU+ITEtnK6UdJSP7EFvLwd+mLnIPWkmCo0Mw+7JhpYoOS9eWJfWw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=mxDipTnmpBbXGnQ6YbejzihinLyDogfzwFs1DOHJWsVLRcWWK1wHyUy3dMJGb6L2FAEBf+0yA7mGy6qHKdcI3dIPbV4Y/9aa7D/IiUJM2zZh4KHuv/HAhcVT20oGNnYyKmWxPyVGutM+6FenzwCOn9P3mPYVHS8VC374h10XScc= Received: by 10.101.69.4 with SMTP id w4mr576054ank.1180639511245; Thu, 31 May 2007 12:25:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.9.14 with HTTP; Thu, 31 May 2007 12:25:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <499c70c0705311225m73e5fdd6j49317912fd58ac36@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 22:25:11 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" To: "Vinny Abello" In-Reply-To: <465F1CA6.5000301@tellurian.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200705300934.l4U9Y7eJ022617@lurza.secnetix.de> <465DB6C5.30407@tellurian.com> <465EA47B.7050400@gmail.com> <465EF9AF.3000108@tellurian.com> <465F1CA6.5000301@tellurian.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 19:25:20 -0000 On 5/31/07, Vinny Abello wrote: > Vinny Abello wrote: > > Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: > >> Vinny Abello wrote: > >>> Oliver Fromme wrote: > >>>> Vinny Abello wrote: > >>>> > I've isolated a problem which appears to be a bug causing > >>>> packet loss > >>>> > with FreeBSD 6.0 and later on the Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers and the > >>>> > integrated Broadcom BCM5703 NICs. > >>>> > >>>> Have you enabled polling on the interface? > >>>> > >>>> I experienced a similar problem on a HP Proliant DL360 > >>>> running 6.2-stable (RELENG_6 of a few weeks ago). > >>>> The problem disappeared upon "ifconfig bge0 polling". > >>>> > >>>> Best regards > >>>> Oliver > >>> It appears I do not have the DEVICE_POLLING option set when I compiled > >>> my kernel on my one machine and on the second I am just using the > >>> GENERIC kernel. I'll recompile with this option set and try again and > >>> post my results to the list. > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >> Try disabling hardware assisted checksumming. ( ifconfig bge0 -txcsum > >> -rxcsum ). > > > > Thanks for the suggestion, but... > > > > That's actually one of the first things I tried before writing to the > > list. No difference. > > > > I'm going to put an Intel Pro/100 card in shortly to see if the problem > > goes away to be certain the issue is definitely with the integrated > > Broadcom NICs. > > I've installed an Intel Pro/100 adapter in the Dell PowerEdge 2650. This > is an Intel 82550 chipset. The packet loss problem is completely gone > when using this NIC in the server, so it is definitely related to the > bge driver and this chipset BCM5703 or something else in the server. I'm > going to try and isolate which major release this problem appeared. > Maybe this will help isolate the change that is causing this issue for me. > > -- > > Vinny Abello > Network Engineer > vinny@tellurian.com > (973)940-6100 > PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A > > Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection > http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN > > "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear" > -- Mark Twain I still suggest you csup to stable, there are changes made to the driver :) -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/