Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:43:50 +0300 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bge(4) problem Message-ID: <20060220124350.GK96737@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <43767.150.101.159.26.1140420612.squirrel@mailbox.TU-Berlin.DE> References: <43767.150.101.159.26.1140420612.squirrel@mailbox.TU-Berlin.DE>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi, Peter! Can you please answer several questions. I don't promise to do anything, since I don't have such card and it is not sold in Russia, but I will try to help you. On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 06:30:12PM +1100, Peter Ross wrote: P> I installed a IBM x336, a 1U server. P> P> it came with two bge interfaces built-in: P> (from dmesg) <Broadcom BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x4101> P> P> which are working fine. P> P> But I have a problem with two dual port Broadcom cards plugged in into P> this box: P> <Broadcom BCM5704C Dual Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x2100> Not related to problem, but how did you managed to install two PCI cards into 1U server? P> I cannot connect them to the 1000MBit switch (a Dell Powerswitch, P> unfortunatelly in unmanaged mode at the moment and 1000 km away:-( P> P> If I try autonegiotiate they sometimes come up with 10MBit/sec, sometimes P> they do not detect a carrier at all, P> P> if I force them to 1000baseTX they do not find a carrier, P> P> if I force them to 100baseTX they connect but I have packet loss (varying P> between 15-60 %) so they are basically unusable. P> P> I tried it with 6.0-Release, P> P> upgraded to 6.0-p4, P> P> and finally to 7.0-current this afternoon (it includes the last P> src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c version 1.124) Are the NICs a copper ones? Do they work properly against each other, or against any other equipment? Since you are connecting them to a switch that is 1000 km away, I suppose you are using some media converters; what equipment is the NIC connected to? P> I am more then happy to debug and test, but I only have limited time. Then P> I have to install Red Hat Linux. My boss is keen to use FreeBSD but we are P> under some pressure to get it working soon. Do you have a proven evidence that Linux works properly in the same setup? What is the version of Linux kernel? -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20060220124350.GK96737>