David / list, Some new developments/leads on this issue:-
On 8/21/06, Senandung Mendonan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you could attach a dump of dmesg that shows the messages from the > driver that might help too. Here's the dmesg for the dual-port version:- pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4 bge0: <Broadcom BCM5704C Dual Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x2100> mem 0xdcff0000-0xdcffffff irq 48 at device 1.0 on pci5 miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0 brgphy0: <BCM5704 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus0 brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto bge0: Ethernet address: 00:10:18:11:2a:0d bge1: <Broadcom BCM5704C Dual Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x2100> mem 0xdcfe0000-0xdcfeffff irq 49 at device 1.1 on pci5 miibus1: <MII bus> on bge1 brgphy1: <BCM5704 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus1 brgphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto bge1: Ethernet address: 00:10:18:11:2a:0a
After deploying on a few servers, we realized some of the servers work OK, and some not, although the cards are apparently same model, with same dmesg shown above. Upon closer inspection, we found out that the two NICs' chipsets differ in minor revision:- 1. The working NIC:- Broadcom BCM5704CKRB TS0341 P13 706741 B (manufactured 23/12/2004, older revision of the same BCM5704C chipset supported by the FreeBSD bge driver. ( Picture: http://absolute-p.ath.cx/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/old-23-12-2004.jpg ) 2. The intermittent NIC:- Broadcom BCM5704CKRB CS0424 P20 723153B B (unknown manufacture date, but probably newer than the working NIC). ( Picture: http://absolute-p.ath.cx/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/new.jpg ) I have yet to try a 6.2 kernel, the site has no internet connections and a bit far, so takes a while for me to try that. In the meantime, perhaps with the chipset details you have some ideas? Thanks. --mendonan "Yang mimpikan secangkir kopi panas dengan selimut.." (Dreaming of a cup of hot coffee, and a blanket..") _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
