Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:47:51 -0700 From: "David Christensen" <davidch@broadcom.com> To: Eric <ericd@free.fr>, "freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet Dell 610 and Dell Message-ID: <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B523819339EBCC774C@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: <5E42C46B1EB84E55963EC55EF515B4A0@PCdeEricDHEM> References: <5E42C46B1EB84E55963EC55EF515B4A0@PCdeEricDHEM>
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> Does any one find solution to this problem as we have same,=20 > try a proposed patch but still have problem and don't find=20 > anywhere the solution? I've worked with a few people off list and it seems there is an issue with the way the management firmware loaded on the 5709C enables packet reception before the FreeBSD driver has an=20 opportunity to load. I haven't been able to find a driver only workaround that works with the "production" firmware on the Dell systems. (I don't have any reason to believe this issue is limited to just the Dell systems but I simply haven't been able to test I on other systems yet.) The only reliable workaround at present is to disable the management firmware on the 5709C. You should have a DOS based "uxdiag.exe" utility on the driver disks you recevied from Dell. If you run the commands=20 "C:\>uxdiag.exe -c 1 -mfw 0" "C:\>uxdiag.exe -c 1 -mfw 0" You will disable the management firmware on both devices. I have tested an unreleased version of firmware which does seem=20 reliably resolve the problem but we could be a month on more away from releasing it. Dave=
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