Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:29:36 +0000 From: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: bge ethernet (was: Re: HP ProLiant DL165 G5 ) Message-ID: <200811171829.SAA09301@sopwith.solgatos.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:57:49 %2B1100." <20081117095749.GI51761@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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> >I find that the BGE ethernet driver fails under prolonged use. > >Seems to me that the BGE driver hasn't been all that reliable > >for as many years as I've used it. > > I've had problems in the past with BGE NICs in HP Proliant servers. > I've had absolutely no problems with the BGE NICs in a Sun v20Z, > various Dell boxes and my laptop - and the z20Z is handling quite a > bit of traffic. The bge driver handles several chips. Perhaps some work better than others. I have bge0: <Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller, ASIC rev. 0x4101> which had problems with 6.0, but works fine with 6.2 and 7.0.
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