From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 16 13:28:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C02C7106566B for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:28:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ferdinand.goldmann@jku.at) Received: from emailsecure.uni-linz.ac.at (emailsecure.uni-linz.ac.at [140.78.3.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82F1F8FC13 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:28:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Tatooine.local (unknown [140.78.6.72]) by emailsecure.uni-linz.ac.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C9122802A for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:10:44 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4AB0E3D4.8050306@jku.at> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:10:44 +0200 From: Ferdinand Goldmann User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Problem with Dell R410 & 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: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:28:41 -0000 Hi Tried installing FreeBSD 7.2 on two shiny new Dell R410 servers ... The system booted up fine from the install CD and I did a network install from an FTP server. Upon rebooting, however, the network interface stopped working, and I am getting loads of error messages on the console, like: Watchdog timeout occured, resetting Unable to write CTX memory PHY write timeout The chip is a BCM5716 which according to the man page should work. An upgrade to 7.2-p3 did not help. I also tried disabling hw.bce.msi_enable and hw.bce.tso_enable. This did not help either. What puzzles me is that the FTP install went just fine. Anyone here who has experience with a Dell R410 under FreeBSD? TIA, ferdinand -- >> Ferdinand Goldmann >> Johannes Kepler University Linz - Server Systems/Information Management >> Mail: Ferdinand.Goldmann@jku.at Phone: 00437024689398 Fax: 00437024689397