Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-31 Thread Vinny Abello
Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: >> I've installed an Intel Pro/100 adapter in the Dell PowerEdge 2650. This >> is an Intel 82550 chipset. The packet loss problem is completely gone >> when using this NIC in the server, so it is definitely related to the >> bge driver and this chipset BCM5703 or

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-31 Thread Vinny Abello
Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > On 5/31/07, Vinny Abello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Vinny Abello wrote: >> > Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: >> >> Vinny Abello wrote: >> >>> Oliver Fromme wrote: >> Vinny Abello wrote: >> > I've isolated a problem which appears to be a bug cau

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-31 Thread Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
On 5/31/07, Vinny Abello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Vinny Abello wrote: > Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: >> Vinny Abello wrote: >>> Oliver Fromme wrote: Vinny Abello wrote: > I've isolated a problem which appears to be a bug causing packet loss > with FreeBSD 6.0 and la

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-31 Thread Vinny Abello
Vinny Abello wrote: > Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: >> Vinny Abello wrote: >>> Oliver Fromme wrote: Vinny Abello wrote: > I've isolated a problem which appears to be a bug causing packet loss > with FreeBSD 6.0 and later on the Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers and the >

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-31 Thread Vinny Abello
Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: > Vinny Abello wrote: >> Oliver Fromme wrote: >>> Vinny Abello wrote: >>> > I've isolated a problem which appears to be a bug causing >>> packet loss >>> > with FreeBSD 6.0 and later on the Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers and the >>> > integrated Broadcom BCM5703

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-31 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 06:14:15AM -0500, J.D. Bronson wrote: > What is the proper syntax for this in /etc/rc.conf? > > ifconfig_bge0="inet 192.168.1.1 -txcsum -rxcsum netmask 255.255.255.0" That should work, according to the syntax in the manpage. If it doesn't, try reversing the options (put

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-31 Thread J.D. Bronson
At 05:33 AM 05/31/2007, Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: It appears I do not have the DEVICE_POLLING option set when I compiled my kernel on my one machine and on the second I am just using the GENERIC kernel. I'll recompile with this option set and try again and post my results to the list. Thanks!

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-31 Thread Sten Daniel Soersdal
Vinny Abello wrote: Oliver Fromme wrote: Vinny Abello wrote: > I've isolated a problem which appears to be a bug causing packet loss > with FreeBSD 6.0 and later on the Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers and the > integrated Broadcom BCM5703 NICs. Have you enabled polling on the interface?

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread Vinny Abello
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 02:49:42PM -0400, Vinny Abello wrote: >> All suggestions welcomed: > > Your mbuf counts look OK. I don't see anything there which looks > like a problem. If you had packet loss caused by mbuf exhaustion, > your FreeBSD console log would show somet

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 02:49:42PM -0400, Vinny Abello wrote: > All suggestions welcomed: Your mbuf counts look OK. I don't see anything there which looks like a problem. If you had packet loss caused by mbuf exhaustion, your FreeBSD console log would show something. I've some couple questions:

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread Vinny Abello
security wrote: > Vinny Abello wrote: >> OK, I've enabled polling in my kernel and did ifconfig bge0 polling and >> it accepted it and shows that polling is enabled on bge0 when checking >> with ifconfig. Unfortunately, this did not resolve the packet loss issue >> I wrote about originally. I still

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread security
Vinny Abello wrote: > > OK, I've enabled polling in my kernel and did ifconfig bge0 polling and > it accepted it and shows that polling is enabled on bge0 when checking > with ifconfig. Unfortunately, this did not resolve the packet loss issue > I wrote about originally. I still have the same loss.

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
On 5/30/07, Vinny Abello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > On 5/30/07, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 01:34:42PM -0400, Vinny Abello wrote: >> > Thanks for the suggestion. Either I am doing something wrong or >> ifconfig >> > do

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread Vinny Abello
Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > On 5/30/07, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 01:34:42PM -0400, Vinny Abello wrote: >> > Thanks for the suggestion. Either I am doing something wrong or >> ifconfig >> > doesn't understand the polling argument. I'm wondering i

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
On 5/30/07, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 01:34:42PM -0400, Vinny Abello wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. Either I am doing something wrong or ifconfig > doesn't understand the polling argument. I'm wondering if it is > supported by the driver on this chips

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 01:34:42PM -0400, Vinny Abello wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. Either I am doing something wrong or ifconfig > doesn't understand the polling argument. I'm wondering if it is > supported by the driver on this chipset. You need to enable "options DEVICE_POLLING" in your

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread Vinny Abello
Oliver Fromme wrote: > Vinny Abello wrote: > > I've isolated a problem which appears to be a bug causing packet > loss > > with FreeBSD 6.0 and later on the Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers and the > > integrated Broadcom BCM5703 NICs. > > Have you enabled polling on the interface? > > I e

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread Vinny Abello
Oliver Fromme wrote: > Vinny Abello wrote: > > I've isolated a problem which appears to be a bug causing packet > loss > > with FreeBSD 6.0 and later on the Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers and the > > integrated Broadcom BCM5703 NICs. > > Have you enabled polling on the interface? > > I e

Re: Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

2007-05-30 Thread Oliver Fromme
Vinny Abello wrote: > I've isolated a problem which appears to be a bug causing packet loss > with FreeBSD 6.0 and later on the Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers and the > integrated Broadcom BCM5703 NICs. Have you enabled polling on the interface? I experienced a similar problem on a HP Pro