Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:33:31 +0200 From: Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com> To: Vinny Abello <vinny@tellurian.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650 Message-ID: <465EA47B.7050400@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <465DB6C5.30407@tellurian.com> References: <200705300934.l4U9Y7eJ022617@lurza.secnetix.de> <465DB6C5.30407@tellurian.com>
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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 ). -- Sten Daniel Soersdal
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