Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:48:20 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "William" <willay@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Message-ID: <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <a24358fb0605050239y1550f5d1o6bc461b4d3cc9472@mail.gmail.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAEOHFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <a24358fb0606210116q3f019acdm40fb10224fd433b8@mail.gmail.com>
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It is fine as long as you buy a 64 bit pc-express intel ethernet card. The patch I created makes the broadcom chip work without panicing the kernel Unfortunately the chip periodically issues a timeout error message and momentararily downs the interface. There are a number of complaints in the PR database about this happening with this driver, with different models of the broadcom chip in different machines. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "William" <willay@gmail.com> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 1:16 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > Hello again, > > Sorry to dig this up again. I'm in the position to order the server > now and the DL320 is within our price range. Is everyone still having > an enjoyable experience running FreeBSD on the DL3XX G4 range? > > Regards, > > William > > On 05/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > > > Yes, for some reason the first nic locks the system up when you try to > > bring it up. > > > > Ted > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: William [mailto:willay@gmail.com] > > >Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:39 AM > > >To: Ted Mittelstaedt > > >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > > > > > > > > >Hi Ted, > > > > > >Great news! but as per your patch you can only use the second nic? > > > > > >Cheers, > > > > > >Will > > > > > >On 05/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > >> Hi William, > > >> > > >> I was able to create a patch that fixed the problem, see > > >> here: > > >> > > >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=96806 > > >> > > >> Ted > > >> > > >> >-----Original Message----- > > >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of William > > >> >Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:41 AM > > >> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt > > >> >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > >> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >The chances of getting it returned because fbsd doesnt work are > > >> >very small! :( > > >> > > > >> >On 03/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > >> >> > > >> >> I have a DL320 G4 in the rack and the thing panics under 6.1-RC1 > > >> >> when more than a few K of data is sent over the bge interface. I > > >> >> haven't tried 6.0-RELEASE on it. Just make sure you can return it > > >> >> if it doesen't work. > > >> >> > > >> >> Ted > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> >-----Original Message----- > > >> >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > >> >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of William > > >> >> >Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:10 AM > > >> >> >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > >> >> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> >What was your experience like with 6.0-RELEASE and the > > >dl320 g4? I've > > >> >> >had a quote back on that model so could be near to > > >actually getting > > >> >> >some hardware for once :) > > >> >> > > > >> >> >On 30/04/06, No@SPAM@mgEDV.net <nospam@mgedv.net> wrote: > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> just for info: our dl320 g4 also has bge interfaces, and > > >> >> >> they work very well under 6.1-RC1 (even BETA4 was ok). > > >> >> >> but our server has been bought 2 months ago, maybe there's > > >> >> >> a newer/different chipset in it. > > >> >> >> we also have a dl320 g2 being heavily used as lan switches > > >> >> >> monitor, this server also has bge interfaces and had no > > >> >> >> problem since 1 year capturing and analyzing more than > > >> >> >> 26GB/day (avg) of nw-data on the 2nd interface and serving > > >> >> >> more than 4GB/day (avg) on the primary one (both IPv4 only). > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> c ya ;-) > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >_______________________________________________ > > >> >> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > >> >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > >> >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > >> >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >> >> > > > >> >> >-- > > >> >> >No virus found in this incoming message. > > >> >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > >> >> >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/328 - Release > > >> >Date: 5/1/2006 > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > > >> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >> > > > >> >-- > > >> >No virus found in this incoming message. > > >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > >> >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/328 - Release > > >Date: 5/1/2006 > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > >-- > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.3/331 - Release Date: 5/3/2006 > > > > > >
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