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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
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Hi,
> we have two new Dell R610 machines with four bce NICs (only=20
> bce0 is connected at this time). I tried cold (power cycle in=20
> iDRAC) and warm reboot (shutdown -r now), NIC is working on=20
> every reboot, but I am still seeing messages:
>=20
> bce0: /usr/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c(1525): PHY write timeout!
> bce0: /usr/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c(1525): PHY write timeout!
> bce0: link state changed to UP
>=20
> This is on FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p4 amd64
>=20
> I also see "PHY write timeout" on shutdown time for each NIC.
>=20
> Other than the log messages, I see no problems with bce NIC,=20
> but I have not tested it with any high load.
>=20
> I did not upgraded FW or anything else.
>=20
> What can I do to help with solving this issue?

You'll need to upgrade to 7-STABLE.

Dave=