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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=20
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=20
located web server.)

If I download the latest driver from cvs (1.33), should I also replace the=20
if_bcefw.h and if_bcereg.h files with the newer versions?  Will the NIC=20
work without creating new problems?  Right now I get an occasional=20
"flapping" of the NIC link state (down, up , down, up, etc.) but it at=20
least works most of the time.  I don't want to buildworld and get suprised=20
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=20
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=20
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=20
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

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Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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