From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 11:01:30 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ECC416A418 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:01:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from thin.berklix.org (thin.berklix.org [194.246.123.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FD3A13C45E for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:01:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A4E9C.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.78.156]) (authenticated bits=128) by thin.berklix.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l7TAMPuc023848 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:22:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l7TAMJbA051266 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:22:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost.js.berklix.net [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l7TAMJaI077868 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:22:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200708291022.l7TAMJaI077868@fire.js.berklix.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: "Julian Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich/Muenchen. User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://berklix.com/~jhs/cv/ Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:22:19 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.org Subject: nve0 reports 10M but works at 100M, + date problem on Siemens board. X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:01:30 -0000 Hi freebsd-isp@freebsd.org 2 problems seen on a Siemens board (with 6.2-RELEASE): - nve0 reports 10M but works at 100Mbit/s. - date time loss . If anyone else has experience of these boards, please let me know: board I tested: http://support.fujitsu-siemens.com/Manuals/ShowDescription_KMT.asp?DokuID=200449 # Off web seemed newer on HTML page, but PDF is same Ed. 3 Paper manual marked A26361-D2000-Z120-1-7419, Ausgabe 3, August 2005 a26361-d2000-z120-en.pdf Manual in English is inferior to German original, I guess these first/primarily sold into servers in German speaking markets. (So trying isp@ before perhaps hardware@ later). Ethernet Problem: With /etc/rc.conf ifconfig_nve0="inet 192.168.91.110 media autoselect" ifconfig reports media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP) although shows data actually moves at 100 Meg bit/sec. Not sure if this is standard to driver or unique to mainboard. This when connected to 3 different 100M switches (no 1G switch to test). Ethernet Driver In FreeBSD is a binary BLOB /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/nve/i386/ nvenetlib.README "Customer may not reverse engineer, decompile..." BIOS DVD seems to indicate same or similar BLOB for Linux & MS. There's a newer Nvidia driver in current source: ftp/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/src/sys/dev/nfe/ "Driver for NVIDIA nForce MCP Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet" Clock Problem: Main board(s) have a strange problem with date after reboot losing time (but only with FreeBSD, not with BIOS only or Linux ?! ) apparently mboards have 3 counters, it's being investigated by others with new battery & resetting BIOS defaults etc. I don't currently have access to these boards at a client site, but in contact. Any experiences to swap/ comments ? Julian -- Julian Stacey. Munich Consultant: BSD Unix Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch=mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.