Hi,
we are seeing these errors repeatedly on a new Dell R300 server:
Sep 23 15:06:29 vcomm kernel: bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
Sep 23 15:06:29 vcomm kernel: bge0: link state changed to DOWN
Sep 23 15:06:31 vcomm kernel: bge0: link state changed to UP
Server OS is:
FreeBSD vcomm 7.3-R
Quoting Pieter de Boer :
A 'me too' here. I have a Dell R300 with the same bge hardware, but
this box is running 8.1-RELEASE. This issue did not occur when the
box was running 8.0-RELEASE, so possibly a commit to bge-code
between 8.0 and 8.1 (and possibly 7.2 and 7.3, I guess) has this
Quoting Pyun YongHyeon :
Please apply patch at the following URL and let me know how it goes.
http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/stable/7/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c?r1=207862&r2=208995&view=patch
http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c?r1=212302&r2=212755&view=patch
Thanks for
Quoting Pyun YongHyeon :
Order wouldn't be important but you have to apply both patches.
Hi,
After successfully applying the patchs I get this error when doing a make:
# make
Warning: Object directory not changed from original /usr/src/sys/modules/bge
@ -> /usr/src/sys
machine -> /usr/sr
Quoting Pyun YongHyeon :
Oops, sorry. I forgot one more chunk. You need to apply this one in
addition to two patches.
http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/stable/7/sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h?r1=202861&r2=208995&view=patch
Hi,
Ok I have installed the patches, and rebuilt the kernel.
Unfortunat
Quoting Pyun YongHyeon :
However don't apply the patch to production box.
Hi,
actually the only server of this type is a production box, it was
originally running FreeBSD 7.2 without issue but was upgraded when 7.2
went EOL.
What would you recommend? I guess I can wait for this to be
Hi,
sorry not to have replied sooner. Ive been trying to get the end
user to confirm whether he has any issues with the server as it is. He
still hasnt replied :(
I think tho, its likely I will leave the server as is for the time
being as I have no information that it isnt working correct
Quoting Pyun YongHyeon :
Ok, there might be a couple of edge cases not handled in bge(4). I
believe things will improve over time but it depends on users
feedback and testing.
On this particular server I really need to get it stable and leave.
We are awaiting delivery of a Dell R610, I woul
Quoting Tom Judge :
The R610 has a NetXtream II chipset which uses the bce(4) driver. If
you are going to doing heavy network traffic, or using jumbo frames I
would personally recommend you fit an Intel PCIe card to this server
before you put it in production.
Ah, ok thanks for the feedback
