Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:23:59 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Question about bce driver Message-ID: <E48C221E1F5DD6C5ACFC55F8@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD9030477CD64@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> References: <200707121608.l6CG8Sur002750@ambrisko.com> <469657BD.3010204@tomjudge.com> <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD9030477CD0F@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> <48951B1B7222BB1512D27F8D@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD9030477CD64@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com>
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--==========3ECBE2EF37E2D349828C========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Thursday, July 12, 2007 16:11:11 -0700 David Christensen=20 <davidch@broadcom.com> wrote: >> 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 >> the only problem I've experienced is the link state going up and down >> 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 >> are there includes that refer to other libraries that have >> changed since >> 6.1? >> >> Am I better off upgrading the entire system to 6.2? (I >> prefer not to do >> this, because I have to take the site down to do so. >> Patching files and >> rebuilding world and kernel only takes the box out of service >> during the >> reboots. > > I've never seen the link up/down problem myself, so I don't know > if any changes I've made have an effect on it. You would need to > change more than the bce driver since it depends upon the brgphy > driver under sys/dev/mii which would also need to change. There > may be other dependencies upon changes in the 6.2 kernel which > would prevent a quick/easy port without some debugging. > > Dave > Thanks for the quick answer. --=20 Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========3ECBE2EF37E2D349828C==========--
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