From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 5 07:57:15 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C19B16A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:57:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68ED243D41 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:57:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5B73372DD8; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:57:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567F572DD4; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:57:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:57:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Alan Jay In-Reply-To: <20050304125645.BCC3F54834@buxton.digitalspy.co.uk> Message-ID: <20050304235133.N4084@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20050304125645.BCC3F54834@buxton.digitalspy.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Possible problems with Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 onTyanThunder K8S pro S2882 twin Operteron X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 07:57:15 -0000 dropping -stable crosspost. This is on RELENG_5. On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Alan Jay wrote: > 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. Alan, Thanks for the update. I have a S2881 in my clutches right now and its been working fine with -CURRENT, although it only has 2GB RAM. It booted and ran 5.3-R fine when I initially installed it. I have it running in a cvsup + -j16 buildworld loop with the terminal over ssh. Here's the relevant pciconf output: bge0@pci2:9:0: class=0x020000 card=0x164414e4 chip=0x164814e4 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM5704 NetXtreme Dual Gigabit Adapter' class = network subclass = ethernet bge1@pci2:9:1: class=0x020000 card=0x164414e4 chip=0x164814e4 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM5704 NetXtreme Dual Gigabit Adapter' class = network subclass = ethernet > 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. I believe scottl has some fixes to busdma that may be making their way into RELENG_5 soon. I should probably migrate my machine back down to RELENG_5 and check for any issues. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org