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Date:      Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:06:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      paleph@pacbell.net
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bge driver issue
Message-ID:  <200206182206.g5IM6P003388@pacbell.net>

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We have a Dell poweredge 2650 (successor to 2550).

We also saw the same problem with 4.5. I tried the current bge driver from 4.6
without success. The problem seems to be a size problem. When we ftp a small
file, things work fine. However, when we try a 18 Megabyte file, the ftp
hands and we see the problem descriped below. The linux system that came
with the hardware (from dell) worked fine.

BTW. This was occuring with a 100 Mbit link.

I have not been able to get any resolution on this. The only replies seem to
indicate that something is seriously broken with the bge driver.

Paul Fronberg
paleph@pacbell.net

> I have a dell poweredge 2550 with which I am having all sorts of
> nasty network problems.
> The network interface will just stop responding.
> I get an error message like this:
> Jun 18 08:19:38 shekondar /kernel: bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
> 
> This is using the broadcom 10/100/1000 NIC on the mother board, the
> intel 10/100 has had similar issues but produces no log messages.
> 
> duplex and speed settings are forced on both the card and the switch.
> sometimes the kernel reset will clear the fault but sometimes you
> need to ifconfig down / up the interface to get it going again.
> 
> This box has been running fine for several weeks, it is only as we have
> started to shift to production levels of traffic to it that it has started
> this. Approx 30M bits/sec out and 12M bits/sec inbound.
> 
> There was a simple ipfw ruleset on the box but I have disable that
> just now to see if it helps.
> 
> 
> Googleing has given me people who report similar problems but no
> solutions / work arounds.
> 
> Have anyone got any suggestions as to what to do next.
> 
> Colin
> 
> Here is the output of postconf
> 
> bge0@pci1:8:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x00d11028 chip=0x164414e4 rev=0x12
> hdr=0x00                        vendor   = 'Broadcom Corporation'
> device   = 'BCM5700/1 Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
> class    = network
> subclass = ethernet

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