reproducible watchdog timeout in bge

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2007/1/25, Wishmaster <wishmaster at velnet.ru>:
>
> Hello Jeff,
>
> Monday, January 22, 2007, 4:39:28 PM, you wrote:
>
>
> JR> I have been unable to produce time outs with my current setup in
> JR> 6.2-Release.
>
> JR> bge0 at pci3:0:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x81491043 chip=0x165914e4
> rev=0x11
> JR> hdr=0x00
> JR>      vendor   = 'Broadcom Corporation'
> JR>      device   = 'BCM5750A1 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express'
> JR>      class    = network
> JR>      subclass = ethernet
>
> JR> Reading the PR, I attempted triggering this through CVSing and through
> JR> the above mentioned ping tests.
>
> JR> So far nothing.
>
> JR> The only issue I have seen using these NICs in 6.2R is if I nail up
> the
> JR> NIC at 100baseTX full-duplex I sometimes loose connectivity.  Nothing
> JR> in the logs indicate watchdog timeouts or any other issue.   I simply
> JR> brought the NIC back down to auto-neg and all seems fine.   I am
> JR> assuming this is a incompatibility between the BGE and my switch,
> RS8000.
>
> JR> I have a Asus P5MT-S with dual BGE NIC's
>
> JR> Cheers,
>
> JR> Jeff
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>
> pciconf says:
> bge0 at pci3:0:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x81491043 chip=0x165914e4 rev=0x21
> hdr=0x00
>     vendor   = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>     device   = 'BCM5750A1 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express'
>     class    = network
>     subclass = ethernet
> bge1 at pci4:0:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x81491043 chip=0x165914e4 rev=0x21
> hdr=0x00
>     vendor   = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>     device   = 'BCM5750A1 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express'
>     class    = network
>     subclass = ethernet
>
> So, if you have no troubles can you tell do you have smp kernel with
> apic and what distribution you are using?
>
> On my configuration I have dual core intel xeon 30xx series  with
> SMP and APIC kernel (i386 distribution). This issue appears just after
> system boots up.
>
> If you have non-smp kernel can you try to recompile it with smp and
> apic support?
>
> p.s. motherboard asus p5m2/2gbl
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Wishmaster                            mailto:wishmaster-velnet at yandex.ru
>
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I have two boxes with onboard bge, one using 5780, the other 5701. Neither
of them has your problem. I think there may be some problems with your
software or hardware configuration.