Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:02:47 +0900 From: Yonghyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: "Michael L. Squires" <mikes@siralan.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcomm bge in Dell 745/FreeBSD 10-STABLE = no gigabit Ethernet Message-ID: <20140310080247.GA1399@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403072139050.97115@familysquires.net> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403072139050.97115@familysquires.net>
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On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 09:41:57PM -0500, Michael L. Squires wrote: > > I'm unable to get a Broadcom DCM5754 GigeE (allegedly) interface on a Dell > 745 desktop to talk gigabit Ethernet. > > It works fine at 100 Mbits/full duplex and works fine, to the extent that > one > can tell, under Windows 7 x64 and Centos 5. > > Attempts to force it to gigabit through options in rc.conf fail. > > The errors look like those reported some years ago for another 745, but I > would have guessed that that particular problem no longer existed. > > I have a workaround (installing an Intel 1000 MT into a PCI slot) so this is > not a critical problem. I'm using the 745 to control an HP MSL6000 tape > library (2 LTO-3 drives) and amanda from ports and dump are working without > problems, thank you very much. > > Mike Squires > mikes@siralan.org > UN*X at home > Since 1986 > > >From dmesg: > > FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE #0 r262738: Tue Mar 4 11:42:23 EST 2014 > root@testbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TESTBSD amd64 > FreeBSD clang version 3.3 (tags/RELEASE_33/final 183502) 20130610 > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz (2126.49-MHz K8-class > CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6f2 Family = 0x6 Model = 0xf Stepping > = 2 > Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> > avail memory = 4038057984 (3850 MB) > > bge0: CHIP ID 0x0000b002; ASIC REV 0x0b; CHIP REV 0xb0; PCI-E > miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0 > brgphy0: <BCM5754/5787 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0 > brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, > 1000baseT-m > aster, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto, auto-flow > bge0: Ethernet address: 00:19:b9:37:0c:b21 > [...] When a remote link parter supports 1000baseT you should not use manual media configuration. If you plug in the UTP cable to other host, do you still see 100baseTX with auto-negotiation? I'm not sure but I think this is first report that tells 1000baseT link establishment issue. Did it ever work on FreeBSD?
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