From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 8 15:53:40 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE96D16A4CE; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:53:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from yertle.kcilink.com (yertle.kcilink.com [65.205.34.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26ADC43D49; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:53:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from [192.168.7.103] (host-103.int.kcilink.com [192.168.7.103]) by yertle.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56889B850; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:53:37 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) In-Reply-To: <20050304125645.BCC3F54834@buxton.digitalspy.co.uk> References: <20050304125645.BCC3F54834@buxton.digitalspy.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <5074d4ec49633baf8db940edc3c56008@khera.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Vivek Khera Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:53:36 -0500 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) Subject: Re: Possible problems with Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 on TyanThunder K8S pro S2882 twin Operteron X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:53:40 -0000 On Mar 4, 2005, at 7:56 AM, Alan Jay wrote: > 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. > FWIW, I have a dual opteron tyan 2881 board with 4GB and the same NIC chip (as identified by FreeBSD 5-STABLE). No problems under pretty decent load. Perhaps it has to do also with > 4Gb RAM. Could you test that theory too?