Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:29:36 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dell poweregde 2900/2950 and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20061002122936.32d93517.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <B8B7216C25FD6D969AEE7B5D@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> References: <451D62A0.7010603@edpausa.com> <20060929143103.1868de7a.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <B8B7216C25FD6D969AEE7B5D@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local>
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In response to Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>: > --On September 29, 2006 2:31:03 PM -0400 Bill Moran > <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> wrote: > > > > 3) We're having intermittent problems with the onboard NICs on these > > units. I have some testing to do Monday to narrow the problem down, > > but for now, don't trust the onboard NICs to work reliably. > > Bill, if those are the Broadcomm Extreme NICs (bce), you need to grab the > new version of the if_bce.c file. It fixed the problems that I had with > the NICs. There's a char inside the file that defines the version - you > need 0.9.6. You've got 0.9.5, I'll bet. Note that I just ran a buildworld over NFS with no problems, so it seems as if all issues have been resolved in the 0.9.6 version. Must have had something else going on during last week's tests. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. **************************************************************** IMPORTANT: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this message to an intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. ****************************************************************
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