Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:06:35 +0100 From: Fredrik Widlund <fredrik.widlund@qbrick.com> To: Fredrik Widlund <fredrik.widlund@qbrick.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Olivier Mueller <om-lists-bsd@omx.ch> Subject: Re: Still have BCE driver issues (dell pe 1950) and NFS Message-ID: <45CC71DB.9060607@qbrick.com> In-Reply-To: <4550524A.2060208@qbrick.com> References: <1162852746.32694.23.camel@bigapple.omnis.ch> <454FD024.5060205@samsco.org> <B9BE8B83-4886-433B-89FB-D1D4E6840726@omx.ch> <454FE82F.8090500@samsco.org> <4550524A.2060208@qbrick.com>
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Hi, This is still an issue, we are experiencing hangs and loss of connectivity on 6.2-release Dell pe1950 machines without debug.mpsafenet=0. They last about a minute then the machines come alive again. Needless to say this is impossible to tolerate in a production environment. Kind regards, Fredrik Widlund Fredrik Widlund wrote: > Hi, > > Will a fix/this fix be part of the 6.2 Release? We will be relying > heavily on fbsd6.2 and pe1950 and are worried about the BCE stability? > > Kind regards, > Fredrik Widlund > > Scott Long wrote: > >> Olivier Mueller wrote: >> >>> Le 7 nov. 06 à 01:15, Scott Long a écrit : >>> >>> >>>> Olivier Mueller wrote: >>>> >>>>> NFS Server: dell poweredge 1950, with the 1.2.2.6 version of if_bce.c: >>>>> bce0: <Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B1), v0.9.6> mem >>>>> - Start a directory listing on it: immediate (network) crash of >>>>> the NFS >>>>> server. (reproduced 3 times) >>>>> >>>> Do the following, then retry your test: >>>> ifconfig bce0 -txcsum >>>> >>> Oh, this way it looks much better, thanks. Directory listing was fine, >>> and copying files during 2-3 minutes over NFS worked as well. More >>> tests will follow tomorrow. >>> >>> Next step? :-) Should I put that command somewhere in my init >>> scripts, or even directly in rc.conf, or wait for a new if_bce0.c >>> version? I am available for any other PE1950-related tests if this >>> may help. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Olivier >>> >> Change /sys/dev/bce/if_bcereg.h so that BCE_IF_HWASSIST is defined to 0. >> Then recompile. >> >> Scott >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > >
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