From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 30 09:34:16 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 E4F7916A400 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 09:34:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A9FB13C44B for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 09:34:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (luzyro@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l4U9Y7cj022618; Wed, 30 May 2007 11:34:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id l4U9Y7eJ022617; Wed, 30 May 2007 11:34:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:34:07 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200705300934.l4U9Y7eJ022617@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, vinny@tellurian.com In-Reply-To: <465C73DB.3040500@tellurian.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 30 May 2007 11:34:13 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, vinny@tellurian.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:34:16 -0000 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 -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "That's what I love about GUIs: They make simple tasks easier, and complex tasks impossible." -- John William Chambless