Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:39:04 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Robin Gruyters <r.gruyters@yirdis.nl> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bge Ierr rate increase from 5.3R -> 6.1R Message-ID: <20070125133904.GA30161@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20070125120722.si80d0rao8o8ow8w@server.yirdis.net> References: <20070124105741.cj2htvoxcs4gg8wk@server.yirdis.net> <20070124141737.GA7772@icarus.home.lan> <20070124152537.gk06yc8d3k8gwgo0@server.yirdis.net> <20070124150143.GA8460@icarus.home.lan> <20070125120722.si80d0rao8o8ow8w@server.yirdis.net>
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:07:22PM +0100, Robin Gruyters wrote: > Quoting Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>: > [...] > > > >Set your Cisco configuration to use 100/full, and edit the > >ifconfig_bge0 line in rc.conf on your FreeBSD box to have "media > >100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex", then reboot the FreeBSD box. > >If the problem continues, there may be faulty cabling, but > >usually errors on one direction are a sign of duplex mismatch. > >If after replacing the cabling the issue continues, then there's > >a chance the bge(4) driver may be obtaining statistics wrong for > >the particular chip revision being used (this is hearsay on my > >part; I'm just guessing...) > > > Ok, I have set the Cisco port to 100/full-duplex and update the bge* > interfaces on the development server, but the problem still exists. > > I have also updated the other server, which is connected to another > Cisco switch, but the same results. Okay so at least we know it's not specific to your switch, or to auto-neg nor the cabling (two different switches + boxes with the same problem probably isn't your fault. :) ). That's definitely evidence that it's a driver problem, probably specific to the 5704 (since I have two machines using 5750s without this problem). Looks like we'll need someone with the Broadcom data sheet for the 5704 to help out. There's also the Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com> and David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.com> (who worked on bce(4), but might know of some details here...) -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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