Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:43:43 -0000 From: "Alan Jay" <alan_jay_uk@yahoo.co.uk> To: <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Possible problems with Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 on TyanThunder K8S pro S2882 twin Operteron Message-ID: <20050309134344.017B554834@buxton.digitalspy.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050309120020.DBD4416A51F@hub.freebsd.org>
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> On Mar 4, 2005, at 7:56 AM, Alan Jay wrote: > > > We switched off the broadcom Ethernet controller (via software) and > > routed all > > traffic via the boards Intel 10/000 Ethernet connection. One of the > > problem > > databases has now been running for a few days and so far has been ok. > > > > FWIW, I have a dual opteron tyan 2881 board with 4GB and the same NIC > chip (as identified by FreeBSD 5-STABLE). No problems under pretty > decent load. Perhaps it has to do also with > 4Gb RAM. Could you > test that theory too? [Alan Jay] Yes this is the one thing left on the test options that I can think of is to switch off some the memory and try again. Since I posted the above we have done some more tests and there still seems to be a problem but we are now heading toward the view that is more memory related.
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