started getting repeated "bge0: PHY read timed out" messages

Tue Mar 6 17:48:32 UTC 2007

On Mar 6, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:

> Hi
>
> After running fine for a while, my new server running 6.2-RELEASE  
> with latest security patches as of last Thursday or Friday started  
> giving the message

Probably should have said  i386 version

# uname -a
FreeBSD server.shire.net 6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p2 #1:  
Sat Mar  3 13:11:00 UTC 2007     chad at server.shire.net:/usr/obj/usr/ 
src/sys/server  i386
#

Tyan S2850 single opteron 2gb ecc

new install from ISO then cvsup'ed to latest

Chad

>
> bge0: PHY read timed out
>
> and I found the following in the system log
>
> Mar  6 02:59:33 server kernel: bge0: link state changed to DOWN
> Mar  6 02:59:36 server kernel: bge0: link state changed to UP
> Mar  6 03:00:27 server kernel: bge0: link state changed to DOWN
> Mar  6 03:00:29 server kernel: bge0: link state changed to UP
> Mar  6 05:09:27 server kernel: bge0: PHY read timed out
> Mar  6 05:09:27 server last message repeated 3 times
> Mar  6 05:09:27 server kernel: bge0: link state changed to DOWN
> Mar  6 05:09:29 server kernel: bge0: PHY read timed out
> Mar  6 05:09:50 server last message repeated 79 times
> Mar  6 05:09:50 server kernel: bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
> Mar  6 05:09:50 server kernel: bge0: PHY read timed out
> Mar  6 05:09:50 server last message repeated 4 times
> Mar  6 05:09:50 server kernel: bge0: RX CPU self-diagnostics failed!
> Mar  6 05:09:50 server kernel: bge0: flow-through queue init failed
> Mar  6 05:09:50 server kernel: bge0: initialization failure
> Mar  6 05:09:52 server kernel: bge0: PHY read timed out
> Mar  6 05:10:23 server last message repeated 140 times
> Mar  6 05:12:24 server last message repeated 616 times
> Mar  6 05:22:26 server last message repeated 2580 times
> Mar  6 05:32:28 server last message repeated 2460 times
> Mar  6 05:42:30 server last message repeated 2540 times
> Mar  6 05:52:32 server last message repeated 2572 times
> Mar  6 06:02:33 server last message repeated 2652 times
> Mar  6 06:12:34 server last message repeated 2532 times
> Mar  6 06:22:35 server last message repeated 2516 times
> Mar  6 06:32:37 server last message repeated 2452 times
> Mar  6 06:42:38 server last message repeated 2520 times
> Mar  6 06:52:39 server last message repeated 2544 times
> Mar  6 07:02:39 server last message repeated 2919 times
> Mar  6 07:12:41 server last message repeated 2521 times
> Mar  6 07:22:43 server last message repeated 2524 times
> Mar  6 07:32:44 server last message repeated 2440 times
> Mar  6 07:42:45 server last message repeated 2524 times
> Mar  6 07:52:48 server last message repeated 2528 times
> Mar  6 08:02:50 server last message repeated 2656 times
> Mar  6 08:12:51 server last message repeated 2552 times
> Mar  6 08:22:53 server last message repeated 2528 times
> Mar  6 08:32:55 server last message repeated 2436 times
> Mar  6 08:42:57 server last message repeated 2536 times
> Mar  6 08:52:58 server last message repeated 2544 times
> Mar  6 08:58:55 server last message repeated 1631 times
>
> This appears to be a HW problem at first look.  But when the server  
> boots, it works fine for a while (hours, days??)
>
> Here is the id in the boot message
>
> Mar  6 09:01:21 server kernel: bge0: <Broadcom BCM5705 A3, ASIC  
> rev. 0x3003> mem 0xfeab0000-0xfeabffff irq 16 at device 14.0 on pci1
> Mar  6 09:01:21 server kernel: miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0
> Mar  6 09:01:21 server kernel: brgphy0: <BCM5705 10/100/1000baseTX  
> PHY> on miibus0
> Mar  6 09:01:21 server kernel: brgphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX,  
> 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto
> Mar  6 09:01:21 server kernel: bge0: Ethernet address:  
> 00:e0:81:61:e9:a0
>
> Is this some sort of SW driver issue or is it a HW issue at first  
> glance?  I remember kind of reading about some BGE issues a while  
> back.
>
> Thanks
> Chad
>
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