Re: Dell PE 1950 bce NICs revisited
- From: Josh Paetzel <josh@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:33:56 -0600
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 10:43, Scott Long wrote:
Josh Paetzel wrote:
I've been using 6.1-R on a PE1950 for some time now. The stock
bce driver doesn't work at all. I dug up a driver off the web
(0.9.6) that worked fine with my workload (basically all TCP) but
in talking to Scott I discovered that UDP traffic was a problem
for this driver. Some time ago I upgraded to the driver in
-STABLE. This driver also appears to work fine, but about once a
day I get the following:
Nov 29 01:16:47 server2 kernel:
bce1: /usr/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c(5000): Watch
dog timeout occurred, resetting!
Nov 29 01:16:47 server2 kernel: bce1: link state changed to DOWN
Nov 29 01:16:48 server2 kernel: bce1: link state changed to UP
Pretty minor complaint, as it doesn't really affect the operation
of the box, but I suppose it's a sign that there's still some
work to be done.
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c,v 1.2.2.6 2006/10/24
As I write this I see there has been some further work on the
driver, so I think I'll upgrade it and see what happens.
It's possible that rev 1.2.2.6 will fix what you're seeing. If
not, then it might be the general issue with the watchdog framework
being unreliable that we addressed with the em driver. If so, then
it's mostly harmless.
Scott
The string I pasted is what I was using. Rebuilt using:
/repoman/r/ncvs/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c,v 1.2.2.6.2.1
this morning. I'll give it a few days and see how it's working. I
think either way it's harmless. It happens about once a day, and
strangely enough it's almost always in periods of very low load.
--
Thanks,
Josh Paetzel
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