From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 12 22:42:19 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 1407A16A400 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:42:19 +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 DE04A13C458 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:42:18 +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 77C66654FF; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:42:18 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:42:18 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: David Christensen , freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <48951B1B7222BB1512D27F8D@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD9030477CD0F@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> References: <200707121608.l6CG8Sur002750@ambrisko.com> <469657BD.3010204@tomjudge.com> <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD9030477CD0F@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========A51267AC8F0E5A76FF77==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: RE: 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: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:42:19 -0000 --==========A51267AC8F0E5A76FF77========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Thursday, July 12, 2007 15:10:31 -0700 David Christensen=20 wrote: > > I'm sorry I haven't been able to get to the root of your problems > Tom. My biggest challenge is trying to duplicate the a loaded system > which seems to be an important component of the failure you're seeing. > Simply blasting traffic with netperf hasn't been much of a challenge > as it runs over the weekend at line rate without a hiccup. If > anyone has an idea on how to load the system (which means regular > failures by the driver to allocate mbufs) I'd definitely appreciate > hearing it so that I can duplicate Tom's environment. It's certainly > important to me that the driver perform well and I won't stop looking > at the problem if you do decide to jump ship. > Dave, perhaps you could answer my question? I'm using the 0.9.6 driver with 6.1 RELEASE. I don't use jumbo frames, so=20 the only problem I've experienced is the link state going up and down=20 occasionally. Does the more current driver solve the link state problem? If it does, can = I use it on 6.1 merely by replacing the three files included with it? Or=20 are there includes that refer to other libraries that have changed since=20 6.1? Am I better off upgrading the entire system to 6.2? (I prefer not to do=20 this, because I have to take the site down to do so. Patching files and=20 rebuilding world and kernel only takes the box out of service during the=20 reboots. --=20 Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========A51267AC8F0E5A76FF77==========--