Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:56:44 -0000 From: "Alan Jay" <alan_jay_uk@yahoo.co.uk> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Possible problems with Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 on TyanThunder K8S pro S2882 twin Operteron Message-ID: <20050304125645.BCC3F54834@buxton.digitalspy.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1108448432.508.16.camel@mark.aboutit.co.za>
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A couple of weeks ago we reported a potential problem with the Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 onboard Ethernet (being used in Gigabit mode) controller on the Tyan Thunder pro S2882 with twin Operteron and 8Gb of RAM. The system was running a three databases using mySQL - the first database ran fine but the others when hit hard caused the server to crash in what appeared to be a memory / Ethernet controller error. We have now done the first phase of some tests and thought we would report back. We switched off the broadcom Ethernet controller (via software) and routed all traffic via the boards Intel 10/000 Ethernet connection. One of the problem databases has now been running for a few days and so far has been ok. We will be doing some more tests over the next few days but this seems to be pointing to some issues with the driver for the Broadcom Ethernet Chipset. Alan > Having got 5.3 onto our new twin operteron Tyan Thunder K8S Pro S2882 with 8Gb > of RAM and had a reasonabley stable operation for a few days we installed a > couple of databases one worked fine but the other kept on causing the server > to crash. After some hunting around we found discussion about problems with > the on board Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 Gigabit ethernet controller on > Linux last year and wondered if there were similar issues with FreeBSD 5.3's > broadcom driver? > The problem only seems to happen when the controller is streched with lots of > data as the other mySQL database runs fine but switching to the more load > intensive one causes issues. > > > Thanks in advance for your advice. > Alan Jay
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