Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:57:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Alan Jay <alan_jay_uk@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Possible problems with Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 onTyanThunder K8S pro S2882 twin Operteron Message-ID: <20050304235133.N4084@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20050304125645.BCC3F54834@buxton.digitalspy.co.uk> References: <20050304125645.BCC3F54834@buxton.digitalspy.co.uk>
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dropping -stable crosspost.
This is on RELENG_5.
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Alan Jay wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago we reported a potential problem with the Broadcom
> BCM5704C 10/100/1000 onboard Ethernet (being used in Gigabit mode) controller
> on the Tyan Thunder pro S2882 with twin Operteron and 8Gb of RAM.
Alan,
Thanks for the update.
I have a S2881 in my clutches right now and its been working fine with
-CURRENT, although it only has 2GB RAM. It booted and ran 5.3-R fine when
I initially installed it. I have it running in a cvsup + -j16 buildworld
loop with the terminal over ssh.
Here's the relevant pciconf output:
bge0@pci2:9:0: class=0x020000 card=0x164414e4 chip=0x164814e4 rev=0x03
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = 'BCM5704 NetXtreme Dual Gigabit Adapter'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
bge1@pci2:9:1: class=0x020000 card=0x164414e4 chip=0x164814e4 rev=0x03
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
device = 'BCM5704 NetXtreme Dual Gigabit Adapter'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
> We switched off the broadcom Ethernet controller (via software) and
> routed all traffic via the boards Intel 10/000 Ethernet connection.
> One of the problem databases has now been running for a few days and so
> far has been ok.
>
> We will be doing some more tests over the next few days but this seems
> to be pointing to some issues with the driver for the Broadcom Ethernet
> Chipset.
I believe scottl has some fixes to busdma that may be making their way
into RELENG_5 soon. I should probably migrate my machine back down to
RELENG_5 and check for any issues.
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