FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

[William]

Wow thats a total pain in the arse, I'll put it through some stress
testing before it gets shipped.

Can you reccomend a card?

On 23/06/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
>
> It is fine as long as you buy a 64 bit pc-express intel ethernet card.
>
> The patch I created makes the broadcom chip work without panicing
> the kernel
>
> Unfortunately the chip periodically issues a timeout error message and
> momentararily downs the interface.
>
> There are a number of complaints in the PR database about this
> happening with this driver, with different models of the broadcom
> chip in different machines.
>
> Ted
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William" <willay at gmail.com>
> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 1:16 AM
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
>
>
> > Hello again,
> >
> > Sorry to dig this up again. I'm in the position to order the server
> > now and the DL320 is within our price range. Is everyone still having
> > an enjoyable experience running FreeBSD on the DL3XX G4 range?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > William
> >
> > On 05/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, for some reason the first nic locks the system up when you try to
> > > bring it up.
> > >
> > > Ted
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: William [mailto:willay at gmail.com]
> > > >Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:39 AM
> > > >To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> > > >Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Hi Ted,
> > > >
> > > >Great news! but as per your patch you can only use the second nic?
> > > >
> > > >Cheers,
> > > >
> > > >Will
> > > >
> > > >On 05/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> > > >> Hi William,
> > > >>
> > > >>   I was able to create a patch that fixed the problem, see
> > > >> here:
> > > >>
> > > >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=96806
> > > >>
> > > >> Ted
> > > >>
> > > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > > >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of William
> > > >> >Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:41 AM
> > > >> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> > > >> >Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > >> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >The chances of getting it returned because fbsd doesnt work are
> > > >> >very small! :(
> > > >> >
> > > >> >On 03/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> I have a DL320 G4 in the rack and the thing panics under 6.1-RC1
> > > >> >> when more than a few K of data is sent over the bge interface.  I
> > > >> >> haven't tried 6.0-RELEASE on it.  Just make sure you can return it
> > > >> >> if it doesen't work.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> Ted
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> >-----Original Message-----
> > > >> >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > >> >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of William
> > > >> >> >Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:10 AM
> > > >> >> >To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > >> >> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> >What was your experience like with 6.0-RELEASE and the
> > > >dl320 g4? I've
> > > >> >> >had a quote back on that model so could be near to
> > > >actually getting
> > > >> >> >some hardware for once :)
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> >On 30/04/06, No at SPAM@mgEDV.net <nospam at mgedv.net> wrote:
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> just for info: our dl320 g4 also has bge interfaces, and
> > > >> >> >> they work very well under 6.1-RC1 (even BETA4 was ok).
> > > >> >> >> but our server has been bought 2 months ago, maybe there's
> > > >> >> >> a newer/different chipset in it.
> > > >> >> >> we also have a dl320 g2 being heavily used as lan switches
> > > >> >> >> monitor, this server also has bge interfaces and had no
> > > >> >> >> problem since 1 year capturing and analyzing more than
> > > >> >> >> 26GB/day (avg) of nw-data on the 2nd interface and serving
> > > >> >> >> more than 4GB/day (avg) on the primary one (both IPv4 only).
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >> c ya ;-)
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >>
> > > >> >> >_______________________________________________
> > > >> >> >freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> > > >> >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> > > >> >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to
> > > >> >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> >--
> > > >> >> >No virus found in this incoming message.
> > > >> >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> > > >> >> >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/328 - Release
> > > >> >Date: 5/1/2006
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >_______________________________________________
> > > >> >freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> > > >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> > > >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to
> > > >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
> > > >> >
> > > >> >--
> > > >> >No virus found in this incoming message.
> > > >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> > > >> >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/328 - Release
> > > >Date: 5/1/2006
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >No virus found in this incoming message.
> > > >Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> > > >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.3/331 - Release Date: 5/3/2006
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>