Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:48:51 +0100 From: a.smith@ukgrid.net To: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bge watchdog timeout errors FreeBSD 7.3 Message-ID: <20101008144851.12024aez0aoyd2qs@webmail2.ukgrid.net> In-Reply-To: <4CAF1E0E.1080608@tomjudge.com> References: <20100924021115.GI15014@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20100924123938.80702gxrzyfpury0@webmail2.ukgrid.net> <20100924165452.GA19036@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20100927122713.12822br1odth4sro@webmail2.ukgrid.net> <20100927165129.GA1435@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20100928132445.72052m5iw9f41ns4@webmail2.ukgrid.net> <20100928214438.GC1252@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20100928230824.10533d7gmmba360w@webmail2.ukgrid.net> <20100928222532.GD1252@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20101006174508.16931ioisevmzhy8@webmail2.ukgrid.net> <20101006174139.GC14879@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20101008134251.367570jyw4igvkg8@webmail2.ukgrid.net> <4CAF1E0E.1080608@tomjudge.com>
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Quoting Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com>: > > The R610 has a NetXtream II chipset which uses the bce(4) driver. If > you are going to doing heavy network traffic, or using jumbo frames I > would personally recommend you fit an Intel PCIe card to this server > before you put it in production. > Ah, ok thanks for the feedback. I dont have any intention of using jumbo frames, but I expect it to work on a gigabit switch port. Do you have personal experience that these or bad, or what is the reason not to use this chipset? thanks Andy.home | help
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