From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 16:42:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7D1616A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:42:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from c2bsmtp02.btconnect.com (c2bsmtp02.btconnect.com [193.113.154.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C939F43D41 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:42:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alan@cyclopsvision.co.uk) Received: from AJDELL9200 (actually host 232.148.36.213.in-addr.arpa) by c2bsmtp02.btconnect.com with SMTP (XT-PP) with ESMTP; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:42:34 +0000 From: "Alan Jay" To: "'Doug White'" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:41:59 -0000 Organization: Cyclops Vision Limited MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcUSwmbxjUAqwZtCQcir4KO03R6WRwAunfdw In-Reply-To: <20050214101303.R13953@carver.gumbysoft.com> Message-Id: <20050215164253.C939F43D41@mx1.FreeBSD.org> cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Possible problems with Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 on Tyan Motherboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:42:54 -0000 Thanks for this - the oddity is we have two identical machines and on one the problem occurred we then moved the application over to the other machines that had been working fine and it then exhibited the same symptoms - hence the query about the broadcom controller. I am hoping to so some further tests using the other Ethernet controller on the board if I can get it plugged in (unfortunately the machines are in a data center to which I don't have direct access). Thanks for the ideas. ALan > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [mailto:dwhite@gumbysoft.com] > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 6:16 PM > To: Alan Jay > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Possible problems with Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 on Tyan > Motherboard > > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Alan Jay wrote: > > > I have FreeBSD 5.3 STABLE onto our new twin operteron Tyan Thunder K8S Pro > > S2882 with 8Gb of RAM and had a reasonably stable operation for a few days > we > > installed a couple of databases one worked fine but the other kept on > causing > > the server to crash. > > I'm about to gain access to an S2881, which is a similar board (different > layout but same parts). > > > I have searched the archive and there were issues last year but I couldn't > > work out if these have been totally resolved? > > > > The adapter does work fine in low levels of loading but when pushed (it is > > connected to a Gigabit switch) it seems to be the cause of the reboot - a > what > > appeared to be stable server with moderate Ethernet activity was fine > upping > > the activity with a new service caused regular reboots. > > > > There is no console message at the point of reboot to help that we have > > spotted. > > > Hm, triple fault or other hardware reset. This usually indicates bad > hardware. Have you tried swapping the RAM between the systems and seeing > if the problem follows? An unrecoverable ECC fault can cause a reboot, > along with strangeness caused by temperature/power supply/etc. Or the > board could be Just Plain Bad. > > Considering you have one working machine, adn this is a very popular > board, I don't think it s abasic problem with FreeBSD and this hardware. > The worst thing reported is interrupt routing usually. > > -- > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org