Re: 4.9-RC and bge

From: Helge Oldach (helge.oldach_at_atosorigin.com)
Date: 09/30/03

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    To: dap@zige.damon.com (Damon Anton Permezel)
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:03:50 +0200 (MET DST)

    Damon Anton Permezel:
    >Recent SUP.
    >Installed on Dell PowerEdge 4600.
    >Getting tons of:
    >
    >Sep 30 12:23:16 zige /kernel: bge0: gigabit link up
    >Sep 30 12:23:46 zige last message repeated 98 times
    >
    >
    >Also getting some TCP retransmits. This causes noticable delays in
    >pretty much everything I do now. Not a problem prior to the SUP.
    >I was on 4.8-STABLE before.
    >
    >When pulling/replacing cables, it went into a mode where it would
    >drop link, renegotiate, drop link, reneg, ... for a few minutes and
    >then it stopped. Had to power cycle machine to recover.

    I am using a Dell 2650 whose bge identifies as:

    bge0: <Broadcom BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x105> mem 0xfcf10000-0xfcf1ffff irq 11 at device 6.0 on pci3
    bge1: <Broadcom BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x105> mem 0xfcf00000-0xfcf0ffff irq 13 at device 8.0 on pci3

    I acknowledge that I have seen many of the "gigabit link up" messages
    formerly, but they disappeared some weeks ago. They definitely don't
    show up with a recent kernel (built just after the sendmail commits last
    week).

    I don't see tcp retransmits either (total of 29, to be precise :-)).

    Maybe you are still using an older kernel, or there is something broken
    with your network infrastructure? I am running with the bge's connected
    to different Cisco switches (4507R and 3550).

    And yes, this is a heavy traffic system.

    Helge
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