From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 12 23:24:00 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 2B28616A41F for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:24:00 +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 0A7FD13C43E for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:24:00 +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 97585654FF; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:23:59 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:23:59 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: David Christensen , freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: 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> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========3ECBE2EF37E2D349828C==========" 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 23:24:00 -0000 --==========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 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==========--