Network woes,Network woes

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> Here is eth0 which started out as bge0:
> bge0: <HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter, ASIC rev. 0x5719001> mem
> 0x92b90000-0x92b9ffff,0x92ba0000-0x92baffff,0x92bb0000-0x92bbffff
> at device 0.0 numa-domain 0 on pci15
> bge0: APE FW version: NCSI v1.3.7.0
> bge0: CHIP ID 0x05719001; ASIC REV 0x5719; CHIP REV 0x57190; PCI-E
...
> Surprisingly, although I have other HPs, this is the only one that has
> a network card labelled HP.  Could it be that HP needs something
> special in the network setup?

Here is a ProLiant DL360 Gen9 server with the same type of Ethernet
card:

% grep 'HP Ethernet' /var/run/dmesg.boot
bge0: <HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter, ASIC rev. 0x5719001> mem 0x92b90000-0x92b9ffff,0x92ba0000-0x92baffff,0x92bb0000-0x92bbffff irq 16 at device 0.0 numa-domain 0 on pci14
bge1: <HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter, ASIC rev. 0x5719001> mem 0x92b60000-0x92b6ffff,0x92b70000-0x92b7ffff,0x92b80000-0x92b8ffff irq 17 at device 0.1 numa-domain 0 on pci14
bge2: <HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter, ASIC rev. 0x5719001> mem 0x92b30000-0x92b3ffff,0x92b40000-0x92b4ffff,0x92b50000-0x92b5ffff irq 16 at device 0.2 numa-domain 0 on pci14
bge3: <HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter, ASIC rev. 0x5719001> mem 0x92b00000-0x92b0ffff,0x92b10000-0x92b1ffff,0x92b20000-0x92b2ffff irq 17 at device 0.3 numa-domain 0 on pci14

No special network setup needed, it just works - currently running
12.1-STABLE.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no