From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 23 08:08:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65E5316A47E for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:08:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from willay@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABA0F43D46 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:08:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from willay@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so943740uge for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:08:52 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=cLMtdhGrjl6HgnvJ9bVbr4jrF5UqOaw3TAnLUEci76Wr1piFYWagEUJMo4WWpVaEp1+PGwIQzcoe4XFijv9GvCVGl9dw0vAXqBKmtUiaYMYF4F5/Bq27UHUrf+8+JV3rBw8+l3R0WoQ3/UrjyVkL3Kyx/MmMRlgZLgkLCrJu3hw= Received: by 10.66.243.2 with SMTP id q2mr1937359ugh; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:08:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.29.5 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:08:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:08:52 +0100 From: William To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" In-Reply-To: <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:08:55 -0000 Wow thats a total pain in the arse, I'll put it through some stress testing before it gets shipped. Can you reccomend a card? On 23/06/06, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > It is fine as long as you buy a 64 bit pc-express intel ethernet card. > > The patch I created makes the broadcom chip work without panicing > the kernel > > Unfortunately the chip periodically issues a timeout error message and > momentararily downs the interface. > > There are a number of complaints in the PR database about this > happening with this driver, with different models of the broadcom > chip in different machines. > > Ted > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William" > To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 1:16 AM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > > > > Hello again, > > > > Sorry to dig this up again. I'm in the position to order the server > > now and the DL320 is within our price range. Is everyone still having > > an enjoyable experience running FreeBSD on the DL3XX G4 range? > > > > Regards, > > > > William > > > > On 05/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > > > Yes, for some reason the first nic locks the system up when you try to > > > bring it up. > > > > > > Ted > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: William [mailto:willay@gmail.com] > > > >Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:39 AM > > > >To: Ted Mittelstaedt > > > >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Ted, > > > > > > > >Great news! but as per your patch you can only use the second nic? > > > > > > > >Cheers, > > > > > > > >Will > > > > > > > >On 05/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > >> Hi William, > > > >> > > > >> I was able to create a patch that fixed the problem, see > > > >> here: > > > >> > > > >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=96806 > > > >> > > > >> Ted > > > >> > > > >> >-----Original Message----- > > > >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of William > > > >> >Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:41 AM > > > >> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt > > > >> >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > >> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> >The chances of getting it returned because fbsd doesnt work are > > > >> >very small! :( > > > >> > > > > >> >On 03/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > >> >> > > > >> >> I have a DL320 G4 in the rack and the thing panics under 6.1-RC1 > > > >> >> when more than a few K of data is sent over the bge interface. I > > > >> >> haven't tried 6.0-RELEASE on it. Just make sure you can return it > > > >> >> if it doesen't work. > > > >> >> > > > >> >> Ted > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> >-----Original Message----- > > > >> >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > >> >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of William > > > >> >> >Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:10 AM > > > >> >> >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > >> >> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> >What was your experience like with 6.0-RELEASE and the > > > >dl320 g4? I've > > > >> >> >had a quote back on that model so could be near to > > > >actually getting > > > >> >> >some hardware for once :) > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> >On 30/04/06, No@SPAM@mgEDV.net wrote: > > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> just for info: our dl320 g4 also has bge interfaces, and > > > >> >> >> they work very well under 6.1-RC1 (even BETA4 was ok). > > > >> >> >> but our server has been bought 2 months ago, maybe there's > > > >> >> >> a newer/different chipset in it. > > > >> >> >> we also have a dl320 g2 being heavily used as lan switches > > > >> >> >> monitor, this server also has bge interfaces and had no > > > >> >> >> problem since 1 year capturing and analyzing more than > > > >> >> >> 26GB/day (avg) of nw-data on the 2nd interface and serving > > > >> >> >> more than 4GB/day (avg) on the primary one (both IPv4 only). > > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> c ya ;-) > > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >_______________________________________________ > > > >> >> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > >> >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > >> >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > >> >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> >-- > > > >> >> >No virus found in this incoming message. > > > >> >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > >> >> >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/328 - Release > > > >> >Date: 5/1/2006 > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > >> >_______________________________________________ > > > >> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >> > > > > >> >-- > > > >> >No virus found in this incoming message. > > > >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > >> >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/328 - Release > > > >Date: 5/1/2006 > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >-- > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > > > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.3/331 - Release Date: 5/3/2006 > > > > > > > > > > >