Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:10:57 +0000 From: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> To: David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.com> Cc: "rwilliams@borderware.com" <rwilliams@borderware.com>, Gideon Naim <gideon.naim@broadcom.com>, "net@freebsd.org" <net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bce(4) BCM5907 CTX write errors on 7.2 driver Message-ID: <4AE76FF1.9010401@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A04B49180@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> References: <4AE72910.8090708@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A04B49180@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
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David Christensen wrote: >> Has anyone seen these errors before: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=135836&cat= >> >> The system is a Dell R610 and it happens on both cold and warm boots. >> >> I am about to check a second chassis, and test with 8, and >> will follow up after my tests. >> > > Yes, I've seen these errors on a Dell r710. The problem is related > to an interaction between the FreeBSD driver and the bootcode firmware > on the BCM5709 controller which can cause the bootcode firmware to > enable certain hardware blocks in the chip while the FreeBSD driver is > attempting to reset the device. This allows RX traffic to enter the > controller before the device is fully initialized. > > The fix is to upgrade the BCM5709 bootcode to version 5.02 or later. > I'm checking if Dell has posted updated firmware which can address > the problem. > > Hi David, Thanks for the rapid response. Dell have firmware 5.0.9 on their website here: http://tiny.cc/ex834 Will that work? Tom
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