From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 8 19:03:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DD851065670 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:03:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: from bsd.ultra-secure.de (bsd.ultra-secure.de [62.146.20.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E8D88FC21 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:03:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: (qmail 23826 invoked by uid 89); 8 Jul 2008 18:36:27 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 23820, pid: 23822, t: 2.8590s scanners: attach: 1.1.0 clamav: 0.88.7/m:44/d:4673 spam: 3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on bsd.ultra-secure.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.201?) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@217.71.83.52) by bsd.ultra-secure.de with (AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 8 Jul 2008 18:36:24 -0000 Message-Id: From: Rainer Duffner To: bfriedman@emax.ca In-Reply-To: <20080708180846.GB36586@emax.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:36:23 +0200 References: <20080708180846.GB36586@emax.ca> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.926) Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bge interface configuration caused throttling : Solved X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:03:10 -0000 Am 08.07.2008 um 20:08 schrieb Barry Friedman: > OS: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p2 > Machine: HP Proliant DL380G4 > Network adapter: HP NC7782 Gigabit Server Adapter > > Apparently the use of configuration directives : > > ifconfig_bge0="inet xx.xx.xx.xx netmask 255.255.240.0 media > 100baseTX > mediaopt full-duplex" > > caused incoming network traffic to be throttled to a trickle. When > the media and mediaopt parameters were removed the interface worked > perfectly. Is this gotcha a bug in the bge driver and if so how > should it be reported? It's rather a question of what the switch on the other end of the cable was configured to. Some switches don't like auto-sense. Some like it, some prefer it. Some only like "Auto-Sensing" to Gigabit etc.pp. It's a funny game. I just try to keep everything to "auto", because I feel switch and interface-cards should be able to do what their vendors advertise: autosensing. Rainer