From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 1 19:39:09 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 4BA9E16A415 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 19:39:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABD2A4478C for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 19:39:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from coolf89ea26645 (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k61Jcxx78958; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 12:39:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Message-ID: <001701c69d46$21093180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Antony Mawer" , "William" References: <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org> <44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org> Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 12:39:53 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Cc: Antony Mawer , 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: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 19:39:09 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antony Mawer" To: "William" Cc: "Antony Mawer" ; "Ted Mittelstaedt" ; Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:07 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > On 30/06/2006 3:53 PM, William wrote: > > Thanks for the email Antony, I'm awaiting delivery of the server so I > > might have to order an intel card sharpish. What can I do the > > server+fbsd 6.x to prove the lock up? > > > > Regards, > > Will > > Configure the network card (bge0) and then do something to pass traffic > across the network (eg. ping another host on the network). In our case, > the machine booting at startup and the various network services starting > up was enough to do it within seconds. > The patch I posted to the PR database fixes that problem. Unfortunately there is another problem with the broadcom driver that affects many different broadcom chipsets, it's a timeout error. I gave up trying to find that one. The timeout error only affects certain broadcom chips. > I have a copy of the Intel driver we used if you are looking to run this > machine on FreeBSD 6.0 or 6.1; the standard driver in these releases > will not support the Pro/1000 PT (at least the card we used). > You can order the PCI-X riser card for this server and use an Intel Pro 1000 MT Server card and it will work out of the box with FreeBSD 6.1 Ted