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Date:      Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:06:29 -0700
From:      Sean Bruno <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com>
To:        "pyunyh@gmail.com" <pyunyh@gmail.com>
Cc:        "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org>, Anders Nordby <anders@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: bge problems in RELENG_9, bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
Message-ID:  <1342119989.2524.5.camel@powernoodle.corp.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120712215912.GA1456@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
References:  <20120703185704.GA81296@fupp.net> <20120705010136.GA3218@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <1341855261.6064.5.camel@powernoodle.corp.yahoo.com> <20120712215912.GA1456@michelle.cdnetworks.com>

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On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 14:59 -0700, YongHyeon PYUN wrote:
> > I grabbed these updates and applied them cleanly to stable/9 on a
> Dell
> > R620 with a quad port BCM5720, I still see watchdog timeouts and
> reset
> > indications.  I am able to ping out of the box for a short amount of
> > time before the device hangs and times out.
> > 
> 
> Sean, sorry for late reply.
> Given that I have no problems on sample 5720 controller I still
> have no clue yet.
> 

No problems ... :-)

> > 
> > 
> > -bash-4.2# ping XXX.XXX.XXX.1
> > PING XXX.XXX.XXX.1 (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX): 56 data bytes
> > ping: sendto: Network is down
> > ping: sendto: Network is down
> > ping: sendto: Network is down
> > ping: sendto: Network is down
> > ping: sendto: Network is down
> > Jul  9 17:31:41 <kern.crit> x89 kernel: bge2: watchdog timeout --
> > resetting
> > Jul  9 17:31:41 <kern.notice> x89 kernel: bge2: link state changed
> to
> > DOWN
> > Jul  9 17:31:41 <kern.notice> x89 kernel: bge2: link state changed
> to
> 
> Two link state change message indicates there is an issue in state
> tracking. I'm experimenting a different approach but it seems it
> takes too long due to lack of time. Any way, I've uploaded updated
> bge(4)(URL is the same as before).

I see a bunch of firmware updates for this host along with an update to
the BCM firmware package for this Dell box.

I'll update my system's driver first, validate pass/fail, if fail, then
I'll update the firmware bits and validate some more.

sean




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