Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:25:49 +0100 From: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question about bce driver Message-ID: <4694940D.9050408@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <BDD239C660ED0435A14C5A76@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <BDD239C660ED0435A14C5A76@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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Paul Schmehl wrote: > 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 > Hi Paul, From the testing that I have been doing for the last few months the driver in 6.2 is stable if you are not using jumbo frames and there is a light-moderate network load. However if you want to use Jumbo frames the driver is very unstable. I posted a patch against 6.2 which should fix some load based issues in the driver with standard frame sizes. Tom
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