Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:14:22 +1000 From: Damon Permezel <zeph@damon.com> To: Helge Oldach <helge.oldach@atosorigin.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.9-RC and bge Message-ID: <A02B447E-F33F-11D7-A85B-000A957C9058@damon.com> In-Reply-To: <200309300903.LAA02656@galaxy.hbg.de.ao-srv.com>
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On Tuesday, Sep 30, 2003, at 19:03 Australia/Brisbane, Helge Oldach wrote: > Damon Anton Permezel: >> Recent SUP. >> Installed on Dell PowerEdge 4600. >> Getting tons of: >> >> Sep 30 12:23:16 zige /kernel: bge0: gigabit link up >> Sep 30 12:23:46 zige last message repeated 98 times >> >> >> Also getting some TCP retransmits. This causes noticable delays in >> pretty much everything I do now. Not a problem prior to the SUP. >> I was on 4.8-STABLE before. >> >> When pulling/replacing cables, it went into a mode where it would >> drop link, renegotiate, drop link, reneg, ... for a few minutes and >> then it stopped. Had to power cycle machine to recover. > > I am using a Dell 2650 whose bge identifies as: > > bge0: <Broadcom BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x105> mem > 0xfcf10000-0xfcf1ffff irq 11 at device 6.0 on pci3 > bge1: <Broadcom BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x105> mem > 0xfcf00000-0xfcf0ffff irq 13 at device 8.0 on pci3 > bge0: <Broadcom BCM5700 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x7104> mem 0xfcf00000-0xfcf0ffff irq 10 at device 6.0 on pci1 The kernel is from a SUP of less than 12 hours ago. Things went from "ok" to "lousy" as soon as I rebooted. The CVS log indicates that there have been 2 recent changes based on BCM5701 errata. I suspect that this is hosing the 5700. ---------------------------- revision 1.3.2.28 date: 2003/09/26 16:02:04; author: ps; state: Exp; lines: +1 -1 MFC rev 1.55 By not setting No_CRC in the Mode Control Register, we must also reduce the size of the packet by 4 bytes to remove the ethernet crc. Approved by: re ---------------------------- revision 1.3.2.27 date: 2003/09/23 02:34:49; author: ps; state: Exp; lines: +1 -2 MFC: rev 1.54, Do not set the No_CRC bit in the Mode Control Register. Tomorrow, I will pull out the revision prior to those changes and see if it fixes it..... > I acknowledge that I have seen many of the "gigabit link up" messages > formerly, but they disappeared some weeks ago. They definitely don't > show up with a recent kernel (built just after the sendmail commits > last > week). > > I don't see tcp retransmits either (total of 29, to be precise :-)). > > Maybe you are still using an older kernel, or there is something broken > with your network infrastructure? I am running with the bge's connected > to different Cisco switches (4507R and 3550). > > And yes, this is a heavy traffic system. > > Helge > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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