Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 20:12:07 -0400 From: Vinny Abello <vinny@tellurian.com> To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <almarrie@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650 Message-ID: <465F6457.4010907@tellurian.com> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0705311225m73e5fdd6j49317912fd58ac36@mail.gmail.com> References: <200705300934.l4U9Y7eJ022617@lurza.secnetix.de> <465DB6C5.30407@tellurian.com> <465EA47B.7050400@gmail.com> <465EF9AF.3000108@tellurian.com> <465F1CA6.5000301@tellurian.com> <499c70c0705311225m73e5fdd6j49317912fd58ac36@mail.gmail.com>
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Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: >> I've installed an Intel Pro/100 adapter in the Dell PowerEdge 2650. This >> is an Intel 82550 chipset. The packet loss problem is completely gone >> when using this NIC in the server, so it is definitely related to the >> bge driver and this chipset BCM5703 or something else in the server. I'm >> going to try and isolate which major release this problem appeared. >> Maybe this will help isolate the change that is causing this issue for >> me. > > I still suggest you csup to stable, there are changes made to the driver :) OK, just did a cvsup to the latest RELENG_6 from today, recompiled and still have the same problem with the newer bge code, so that didn't help. :( Again, the fxp card works ok. It seems there is no easy fix for this at the moment so I may end up just sticking fxp cards in these model servers and disabling the integrated bge cards. :-/ -- Vinny Abello Network Engineer vinny@tellurian.com (973)940-6100 PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear" -- Mark Twain
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