From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 3 19:54:20 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BFC3106564A for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2012 19:54:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anders@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fupp.net (totem.fix.no [80.91.36.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B737F8FC14 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2012 19:54:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from totem.fix.no (totem.fix.no [80.91.36.20]) by fupp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B175C59DAF for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2012 21:54:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fupp.net ([80.91.36.20]) by totem.fix.no (totem.fix.no [80.91.36.20]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 8vAKLxz6dk03 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2012 21:54:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: by fupp.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7375959DAE; Mon, 3 Sep 2012 21:54:19 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 21:54:19 +0200 From: Anders Nordby To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120903195419.GA55227@fupp.net> References: <20120703185704.GA81296@fupp.net> <20120705010136.GA3218@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20120823161505.GA64558@fupp.net> <20120824175248.GB3183@michelle.cdnetworks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120824175248.GB3183@michelle.cdnetworks.com> X-PGP-Key: http://anders.fix.no/pgp/ X-PGP-Key-FingerPrint: 1E0F C53C D8DF 6A8F EAAD 19C5 D12A BC9F 0083 5956 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: bge problems in RELENG_9, bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:54:20 -0000 Hi, On fre, aug 24, 2012 at 10:52:48am -0700, YongHyeon PYUN wrote: >> >> During boot I get: >> >> pcib3: at device 2.0 on pci0 >> pci3: on pcib3 >> pci0:3:0:0: failed to read VPD data. >> bge0: mem >> 0xf6bf0000-0xf6bfffff0xf6be0000-0xf6beffff,0xf6bd0000-0xf6bdffff irq 32 >> at device 0.0 on pci3 >> bge0: APE FW version: NCSI v1.0.80.0 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > It seems your APE runs slightly newer NC-SI firmware. I was able to > reproduce watchdog timeouts on Dell R820 but I'm not sure you're > also seeing the same issue here. Due to unknown reason, it seems > programming RX MTU register has no effect with BCM5720 on R820. > Receiving frames larger than 175(?) bytes seem to hang the > controller on R820. Current workaround for the issue is to set > the MTU of sender(i.e. link partner or switch) to some low value, > 128 for example. That would show poor performance but shall make > your controller work. I asked help to Broadcom and waiting for > answers/hint from Broadcom. FYI this issue has been moved to PR kern/171121. Lowering the MTU on the link partner to 128 seems to avoid the issue, but makes performance poor. I did not find any firmware updates on HP.com website. Regards, -- Anders.