Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:04:02 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Question about bce driver Message-ID: <BDD239C660ED0435A14C5A76@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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I'm running 6.1 RELEASE (i386) and I've been replacing the if_bce.c file with a slightly newer one that at least got the driver working without hard lockups that required a reboot to fix. (Rather problematic on a remotely located web server.) If I download the latest driver from cvs (1.33), should I also replace the if_bcefw.h and if_bcereg.h files with the newer versions? Will the NIC work without creating new problems? Right now I get an occasional "flapping" of the NIC link state (down, up , down, up, etc.) but it at least works most of the time. I don't want to buildworld and get suprised by a non-functioning NIC. :-) If I use the newer versions, will I also need to use some other newer files that are called by them? Or would it be better to upgrade the entire box to 6.2? FreeBSD www.stovebolt.com 6.1-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #2: grep bce /var/run/dmesg.boot bce0: <Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B1), v0.9.6> mem 0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci9 bce0: ASIC ID 0x57081010; Revision (B1); PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz miibus0: <MII bus> on bce0 bce0: Ethernet address: 00:13:72:fb:2a:ad bce1: <Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B1), v0.9.6> mem 0xf8000000-0xf9ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci5 bce1: ASIC ID 0x57081010; Revision (B1); PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz miibus1: <MII bus> on bce1 bce1: Ethernet address: 00:13:72:fb:2a:ab -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/help
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