kern/96806: [bge] [patch] Correction of kernel panic with Broadcom chip BCM5714C and other updates

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From: "Internet Partners, Inc. Tech Support" <support at ipinc.net>
To: <bug-followup at FreeBSD.org>, "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at ipinc.net>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/96806: [bge] [patch] Correction of kernel panic with Broadcom chip BCM5714C and other updates
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 16:07:14 -0700

 Update on this patch,
 
   After testing, the system every once in a while displays:
 
 bge1: watchdog timeout -- resetting
 bge1: link state changed to DOWN
 bge1: link state changed to UP
 
 The problem happens when there's a lot of disk and network
 traffic at the same time.  cvsup seems to cause it quite a
 bit.
 
 Others have noticed the same thing, see PR's kern/94863 
 (5714 controller), kern/92090 (unknown controller), kern/68351
 (5704 controller)
 
 I have found with the machine I'm testing with that plugging
 the Broadcom interface into a 10BaseT hub will make the
 problem go away.  Of course, the chip sets itself up as
 10BaseT, half-duplex then.
 
 Gleb Smirnoff stated in PR kern/68351 that he needs
 hardware to work on this.