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Date:      Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:11:55 -0700
From:      aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Myrinet 10Gb odd behavior - SOLVED
Message-ID:  <EF8734BC-1E7B-402B-B62A-EFE07A414EFB@gmail.com>
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On Aug 16, 2013, at 8:47 AM, aurfalien wrote:

> Forgot to mention my loader.conf;
> 
> if_mxge_load="YES"
> mxge_ethp_z8e_load="YES"
> mxge_eth_z8e_load="YES"
> mxge_rss_ethp_z8e_load="YES"
> mxge_rss_eth_z8e_load="YES"
> 
> 
> I blindly added these w/o thinking what they do.
> 
> Should I simply only load the first line?
> 
> - aurf
> 
> 
> On Aug 16, 2013, at 8:18 AM, aurfalien wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I've been suspecting my NIC is not up to par and notice this in the logs every few minutes;
>> 
>> Aug 16 08:05:06 prometheus kernel: mxge0: slice 0 struck? ring state:
>> Aug 16 08:05:06 prometheus kernel: mxge0: tx.req=1914503981 tx.done=1914503810, tx.queue_active=0
>> Aug 16 08:05:06 prometheus kernel: mxge0: tx.activate=0 tx.deactivate=0
>> Aug 16 08:05:06 prometheus kernel: mxge0: pkt_done=1824019832 fw=1824019931
>> Aug 16 08:05:06 prometheus kernel: mxge0: Watchdog reset!
>> Aug 16 08:05:06 prometheus kernel: mxge0: NIC did not reboot, not resetting
>> 
>> Could tis be effecting throughput?
>> 
>> My card is a Myri-10G-PCIE-8A
>> 
>> I did install the Myrinet dev tools for FreeBSD and ran myri_info which yields;
>> 
>> pci-dev at 05:00.0 vendor:product(rev)=14c1:0008(00)
>> 	behind bridge root-port: 00:03.0 8086:3c08 (x8.1/x16.3)
>> Myri-10G-PCIE-8A -- Link x8
>>  EEPROM String-spec:
>> 	MAC=00:60:dd:45:73:23
>> 	SN=413665
>> 	PWR=100
>> 	PC=10G-PCIE-8A-R
>> 	PN=09-03852
>> 	XFI=AEL1010
>> 	TAG=ze_tools-1_4_45
>> 
>>  EEPROM MCP, PRESENT, length = 103384, crc=0x119daf46
>> 	ETHZ::1.4.45 2009/08/22 18:57:06 self extracting firmware
>> 	Bundle: exec_len=72144, PCI-ROM-len = 31232
>>  Running MCP:
>> 	ETH ::1.4.55 -P- 2012/04/21 01:48:34 myri10ge firmware
>> 
>> Any insights are appreciated.
>> 
>> - aurf


Did the ole RTFM and re programmed the firmware, all good now.

- aurf


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