Device bge watchdog timeouts

[Robin P. Blanchard]

We just repurposed a Dell 2550 from a 4.9-STABLE backup server (very
intensive network load) to a 5.2-CURRENT shoutcast/realserver (minimal
network load) and are seeing watchdog timeout errors constantly. We
experience no such trouble in it's -STABLE incarnation (using the -STABLE bge
driver). We have temporarily given up on the bge driver in -CURRENT and are
using the other 100base (fxp) onboard nic. Has anyone got any suggestions on
how to get this machine running smoothly using its gig interface (with
-CURRENT) ? Thanks in advance.

# uname -a
FreeBSD live.wuga.org 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #1: Wed Dec 10 12:24:35
EST 2003

# ident /boot/modules/if_bge.ko

/boot/modules/if_bge.ko:
     $FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c,v 1.61 2003/12/08 07:54:12 obrien Exp
$

bge0: <Broadcom BCM5700 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x7102> mem
0xfeb00000-0xfeb0ffff irq 17 at device 8.0 on pci1
bge0: Ethernet address: 00:06:5b:05:33:99
miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0
brgphy0: <BCM5401 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus0
brgphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX,
1000baseTX-FDX, auto

bge0 at pci1:8:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x00d11028 chip=0x164414e4 rev=0x12
hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'Broadcom Corporation'
    device   = 'BCM5700 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
    class    = network
    subclass = ethernet

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Robin P. Blanchard
Systems Integration Specialist
Georgia Center for Continuing Education
fon: 706.542.2404 < > fax: 706.542.6546
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