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Date:      Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:02:06 -0700
From:      Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Shtorm <admin@shtorm.com>
Subject:   Re: Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
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LOL, figures. The poor FreeBSD engineer never gets the new toys :(

I asked and my tester has actually had one of these, so if needed I
imagine I can lay my hands on one.

Jack


On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote:

> At 12:22 PM 7/7/2010, Jack Vogel wrote:
>
>> Interesting, didn't know any vendor had combined PCH and 82574 on one
>> board, yes, they are
>> completely different, as you can see the one only supports MSI, its a
>> client NIC.
>>
>
> Its one of the lesser known vendors, Intel ;-) Its a S3420GPLC
>
> <
> http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-specifications.htm
> >
> http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S3420GP/S3420GP-specifications.htm
>
>        ---Mike
>
>
>
>
>
>  I would agree with Mike, disable anything having to do with IPMI if it
>> exists and see if that
>> helps. Also you did not comment on the flow control setting, how about
>> turning that on?
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Mike Tancsa <<mailto:mike@sentex.net>
>> mike@sentex.net> wrote:
>> At 06:03 AM 7/7/2010, Shtorm wrote:
>>
>> > Yow, 30 vlans, but only em1 is using vlans not em0?
>> >
>> > Is only em1 having watchdogs? I noticed you appear to
>> > have flow control off, maybe turning it on would help.
>> >
>> > I would like to see the log messages from the watchdogs.
>> > Jack
>>
>> Yes, em0 - plain untagged traffic to border router, em1 - tagged - one
>> vlan per 200-300 pppoe clients. Anyway, I saw watchdogs on em0 too,
>> there is no logs for it because remote syslog server connected via em0
>> and it looses messages during card reset, will enable local logs to get
>> some info.
>>
>>
>> I only have one board that has a pair of these NICs, but I noticed that in
>> the BIOS, there is an option to enable or disable the Option ROM to do
>> things like WOL, some sort of IPMI and other functions / features I am not
>> familiar with and dont use.
>>
>>
>> |                                                    |ROM for the onboard
>>      |
>> |  Maximize Memory below   [Disabled]                |network controllers.
>>     |
>> |  Memory Mapped I/O abo   [Disabled]                |Warning: If
>> [Disabled]   |
>> |  Onboard Video           [Enabled]                 |is selected, NIC2
>> can    |
>> |  Dual Monitor Video      [Disabled]                |not be used to boot
>> or   |
>> |  Onboard NIC1 ROM        [Enabled]                 |wake the system.
>>     |
>> |  Onboard NIC2 ROM        [Enabled]                 |
>>     |
>> |  Onboard NIC iSCSI ROM   [Disabled]                |
>>     |
>> |                                                    |          |
>> |  NIC1 MAC Address        001517C84B98              |><     Select Screen
>>     |
>> |  NIC2 MAC Address        001517C84B99              |^v     Select Item
>>     |
>> |                                                    |+/-    Change Value
>>      |
>>
>> If you have such features, perhaps try disabling them in the BIOS ?
>>
>> On mine, the two nics dont come up the same... Not sure if their
>> capabilities are the same even ?
>>
>> em2@pci0:0:25:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x34ec8086 chip=0x10ef8086
>> rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
>>   vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>   class      = network
>>   subclass   = ethernet
>>   cap 01[c8] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
>>   cap 05[d0] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit enabled with 1 message
>>   cap 13[e0] = PCI Advanced Features: FLR TP
>>
>>
>> em3@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x34ec8086 chip=0x10d38086 rev=0x00
>> hdr=0x00
>>
>>   vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>   device     = 'Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller (82574L)'
>>   class      = network
>>   subclass   = ethernet
>>   cap 01[c8] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
>>   cap 05[d0] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit enabled with 1 message
>>   cap 10[e0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(256) link x1(x1)
>>   cap 11[a0] = MSI-X supports 5 messages in map 0x1c
>>
>> em2: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.0.5> port 0x3040-0x305f mem
>> 0xb1b00000-0xb1b1ffff,0xb1b25000-0xb1b25fff irq 16 at device 25.0 on pci0
>> em2: Using MSI interrupt
>> em2: [FILTER]
>> em2: Ethernet address: 00:15:17:c8:4b:99
>>
>> em3: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.0.5> port 0x1000-0x101f mem
>> 0xb1900000-0xb191ffff,0xb1920000-0xb1923fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3
>> em3: Using MSI interrupt
>> em3: [FILTER]
>> em3: Ethernet address: 00:15:17:c8:4b:98
>>
>>
>>       ---Mike
>>
>>
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>>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mike Tancsa,                                      tel +1 519 651 3400
> Sentex Communications,                            mike@sentex.net
> Providing Internet since 1994                    www.sentex.net
> Cambridge, Ontario Canada                         www.sentex.net/mike
>
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