Problem with IBM NetXtreme 1000-T GigaEthernet Adapter

[Senandung Mendonan]

Hi David / list,

Just to drop a note that this situation still persists, even with the
latest 6.2-BETA3. I have issued a pr. In addition, I'm willing to send
you (or anyone in the list) the NIC in question for troubleshooting.

Would very much welcome a helping hand..

Thanks... :)

On 10/12/06, Senandung Mendonan <mendonan at gmail.com> wrote:
> David / list,
>
> Some new developments/leads on this issue:-
>
> On 8/21/06, Senandung Mendonan <mendonan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > If you could attach a dump of dmesg that shows the messages from the
> > > driver that might help too.
> >
> > Here's the dmesg for the dual-port version:-
> >
> > pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
> > bge0: <Broadcom BCM5704C Dual Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x2100> mem
> > 0xdcff0000-0xdcffffff irq 48 at device 1.0 on pci5
> > miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0
> > brgphy0: <BCM5704 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus0
> > brgphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX,
> > 1000baseTX-FDX, auto
> > bge0: Ethernet address: 00:10:18:11:2a:0d
> > bge1: <Broadcom BCM5704C Dual Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x2100> mem
> > 0xdcfe0000-0xdcfeffff irq 49 at device 1.1 on pci5
> > miibus1: <MII bus> on bge1
> > brgphy1: <BCM5704 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus1
> > brgphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX,
> > 1000baseTX-FDX, auto
> > bge1: Ethernet address: 00:10:18:11:2a:0a
> >
> >
>
> After deploying on a few servers, we realized some of the servers work
> OK, and some not, although the cards are apparently same model, with
> same dmesg shown above.
>
> Upon closer inspection, we found out that the two NICs' chipsets
> differ in minor revision:-
>
> 1. The working NIC:-
>
> Broadcom BCM5704CKRB TS0341 P13 706741 B (manufactured 23/12/2004,
> older revision of the same BCM5704C chipset supported by the FreeBSD
> bge driver.
>
> ( Picture: http://absolute-p.ath.cx/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/old-23-12-2004.jpg
> )
>
> 2. The intermittent NIC:-
>
> Broadcom BCM5704CKRB CS0424 P20 723153B B (unknown manufacture date,
> but probably newer than the working NIC).
>
> ( Picture: http://absolute-p.ath.cx/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/new.jpg )
>
> I have yet to try a 6.2 kernel, the site has no internet connections
> and a bit far, so takes a while for me to try that. In the meantime,
> perhaps with the chipset details you have some ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --mendonan
> "Yang mimpikan secangkir kopi panas dengan selimut.."
>  (Dreaming of a cup of hot coffee, and a blanket..")
>


-- 
--mendonan
"Yang mimpikan secangkir kopi panas dengan selimut.."
 (Dreaming of a cup of hot coffee, and a blanket..")