From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 10 22:23:48 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ED3916A41F for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:23:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu (smtp3.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4788A13C45A for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:23:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27C3A654F2 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:04:03 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:04:02 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: FreeBSD Net Message-ID: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========2EB115B57B4FD9DC8CE7==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Question about bce driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:23:48 -0000 --==========2EB115B57B4FD9DC8CE7========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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: mem=20 0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci9 bce0: ASIC ID 0x57081010; Revision (B1); PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz miibus0: on bce0 bce0: Ethernet address: 00:13:72:fb:2a:ad bce1: mem=20 0xf8000000-0xf9ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci5 bce1: ASIC ID 0x57081010; Revision (B1); PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz miibus1: on bce1 bce1: Ethernet address: 00:13:72:fb:2a:ab --=20 Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========2EB115B57B4FD9DC8CE7==========--