From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 30 17:49:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B6EC16A421 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 17:49:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vinny@tellurian.com) Received: from mail1.tellurian.net (mail1.tellurian.net [216.182.1.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BED0413C43E for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 17:49:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vinny@tellurian.com) Received: from [216.182.1.34] (cactus.tellurian.net [216.182.1.34]) by mail1.tellurian.net ([216.182.1.23] Tellurian Networks Mail Server version v3.8i3-3) with ESMTP id 646630778-1926380 for multiple; Wed, 30 May 2007 13:39:17 -0400 Message-ID: <465DB6C5.30407@tellurian.com> Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 13:39:17 -0400 From: Vinny Abello Organization: Tellurian Networks User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, vinny@tellurian.com References: <200705300934.l4U9Y7eJ022617@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200705300934.l4U9Y7eJ022617@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-User: vinny@tellurian.com X-Ultimate-Internet-Connection: Tellurian Networks Cc: Subject: Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 17:49:21 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > Vinny Abello wrote: > > I've isolated a problem which appears to be a bug causing packet loss > > with FreeBSD 6.0 and later on the Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers and the > > integrated Broadcom BCM5703 NICs. > > Have you enabled polling on the interface? > > I experienced a similar problem on a HP Proliant DL360 > running 6.2-stable (RELENG_6 of a few weeks ago). > The problem disappeared upon "ifconfig bge0 polling". > > Best regards > Oliver It appears I do not have the DEVICE_POLLING option set when I compiled my kernel on my one machine and on the second I am just using the GENERIC kernel. I'll recompile with this option set and try again and post my results to the list. Thanks! -- Vinny Abello Network Engineer vinny@tellurian.com (973)940-6100 PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear" -- Mark Twain