From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 4 20:49:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14D1116A406 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 20:49:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5EF313C448 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 20:49:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so988997wra for ; Fri, 04 May 2007 13:49:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=NC37O+uWV63gmM768bKi0xihUWKlvxthMkZJLd4oXSoHOQNo/ebsOSxWZLDWqyD5Ev8UFW05BKpz9bNtG5D8krkxUBcaqydcrU9SEPWkkIHSB7bmtrwfM1Ix9RkmaXKefiXMT3HAHuN59icB2UDthKU7h42f1Sa63MmK8nKawzc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SnRcQRaxWtl1ewBRPT7x+y7RA1o4P8bY78xVlcfF4RlnYEOlIqH4wEWW51kdAZV2zJVaZuFCuxrBIdotrRiqC3qG3oVAK/EDEVjD3S0Y5v5eMJwEROp5cpJZC7AUoSM96FzHD/fEmn5rw19L4pF3LGgWT/c4dwH1N0WyWp1eU9I= Received: by 10.115.89.1 with SMTP id r1mr1273379wal.1178311741722; Fri, 04 May 2007 13:49:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.103.18 with HTTP; Fri, 4 May 2007 13:49:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2a41acea0705041349o7bce9e1eh63ef1a036f80d1b6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 13:49:01 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "Stefan Lambrev" In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0704250936l46ed31a3w930ac8fba04df810@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <462E3B4A.5030307@sun-fish.com> <2a41acea0704241103r59a1fa8di7e7747e191eea787@mail.gmail.com> <462F0CBF.6020507@sun-fish.com> <2a41acea0704250936l46ed31a3w930ac8fba04df810@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em0 - bge0 failed to work at 1000baseTX X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 20:49:03 -0000 On 4/25/07, Jack Vogel wrote: > On 4/25/07, Stefan Lambrev wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Jack Vogel wrote: > > > On 4/24/07, Stefan Lambrev wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> I'm trying to get two gigabit network cards to work together. > > >> > > >> em0: port > > >> 0x1000-0x101f mem 0xf0500000-0xf051ffff,0xf0524000-0xf0524fff irq 19 at > > >> device 25.0 on pci0 > > >> > > >> em0@pci0:25:0: class=0x020000 card=0x2800103c chip=0x104a8086 rev=0x02 > > >> hdr=0x00 > > >> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > > >> class = network > > >> subclass = ethernet > > >> > > >> and broadcom on the other end: > > >> > > >> bge0: mem 0xf4100000-0xf410ffff > > >> irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci8 > > >> > > >> bge0@pci8:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x30a3103c chip=0x16fd14e4 rev=0x21 > > >> hdr=0x00 > > >> vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > > >> device = 'BCM5753M NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express' > > >> class = network > > >> subclass = ethernet > > >> > > >> > > >> When I connect both networks without switch e.g. directly they auto > > >> negotiate to: > > >> media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > > >> but I want 1000baseTX :( > > >> > > >> First thing that I tried was to force both network card with: > > >> ifconfig bge0/em0 media 1000baseTX mediaopt full-duplex > > >> but this lead to status: no carrier > > >> > > >> Second step was to set bge link0 and em0 link1, but still "no carrier" > > >> (from bge manual) > > >> > > >> On the machine with em card I have linux installed so I boot under linux > > >> and then everything works > > >> with autoselect, and I'm able to transfer with speed +50MB/s. > > >> > > >> When I forced both network cards to 1000baseTX I notice this: > > >> > > >> em0 media: Ethernet 1000baseTX (autoselect) > > >> > > >> ^^^^^^^^ > > >> bge0 media: Ethernet 1000baseTX (none) > > >> > > >> ^^^^ > > >> > > >> Something else that is quite strange is that when I change em media from > > >> autoselec to 1000baseTX, > > >> I see that for 2-3 seconds there is a connection between cards (e.g. > > >> status: active), but just for 2-3 seconds > > >> and then it disconnects again. (ping between hosts works for 2 seconds) > > >> At this time ifconfig shows: > > >> em0 > > >> media: Ethernet 1000baseTX > > >> > > >> ^^^^^^ no autoselect here ? > > >> status: active > > >> > > >> and bge0: > > >> media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX ) ( I left bge to > > >> autoselect at some point as I saw it does not change a thing..) > > >> status: active > > >> > > >> I compiled new kernel with > > >> #define EM_MASTER_SLAVE 2 (and then 3) > > >> in if_em.h (as I'm suspecting em driver ..) > > >> but still no success. > > >> > > >> Last thing that I notice while (re)booting freebsd server with em0 is > > >> that > > >> during starting program and rc scripts the status of the network changed > > >> from 100mbps -> 1000mbps -> no carrier -> 100mbps. > > >> > > >> So any ideas how to get my network working at gigabit speeds? :) > > >> > > >> P.S. both machines are running freebsd 6.2 stable - em0 is i386 and bge0 > > >> is on amd64. > > >> em0 was tested with 6.2-release too. > > >> > > >> Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Do me a favor please, go to downloadfinder.intel.com and get my latest > > > driver, its version 6.3.9, since ICH8 is fairly recent and has had some > > > late-breaking fixes in shared code its possible that will solve things. > > > You will want to use this driver as a module, its a hassle to build into > > > the kernel (although there is a patch to allow you to do that if you > > > wish). > > > > > > Please report back EITHER if it works or fails, if it does still fail > > > I will > > > have our test/validation group get hardware set up to look into this. > > > > > > Jack > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Unfortunately 6.3.9 have the same behavior as 6.2.9 and I can't get both > > network cards to work at gigabit speed. > > Any other ideas ? :) > > Actually yes, I talked with the Linux engineer in our group that oversaw > the release of ICH8 and there is a problem with OS vs Management > use of the NIC that was discovered and fixed in Linux recently, and > my driver does not yet have this. > > Let me come up with a patch for you to test, it may take me a day, > things get busy here at times :) The new driver I just checked into CURRENT has this fix, I hope its going to be in the May snapshot, Stefan, can you try CURRENT to see if it solves your problem? Jack