bge watchdog errors in -STABLE

[Uzi Klein]

Brad Miele wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Last week, i cvsupped two HP Proliant DL380 G4 machines to the most 
> recent stable, which replaced the bge driver from mid may with the one 
> committed on or around June 24. Since updating, my cards, Broadcom 
> BCM5704C have been throwing occasional watchdog timeout errors on their 
> shared 1000basetx net. These errors do not currently seem to be 
> effecting much, and there have only been 6 since last friday, but I 
> would like to clear them up.

I'm experiencing the same issue with the exact same hardware ever since 
5.4-RELEASE-p3, with no "real" affection.


> 
> I noted that the current version of the bge driver had code backed out 
> from the previous one, and an option "BGE_FAKE_AUTONEG" was added. I 
> have tried enabling this option, as it seems to pertain to this chipset, 
> but the errors are still occuring. I am thinking of switching the cards 
> from autoselect to explicit 1000basetx, with one of them set to link0.
> 
> Please confirm that this is a reasonable next step and let me know any 
> other information that will be useful.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brad
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>   Brad Miele
>   Technology Director
>   IPNStock
>   (866) 476-7862 x902
>   bmiele at ipnstock.com
> 

-- 
Uzi Klein
Software Development Executive
B.M.B.Y Software Systems Ltd.
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