FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE + bge0 == watchdog timeout

[YongHyeon PYUN]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 07:54:07PM -0800, Marc Fournier wrote:
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> We just picked up 5 new HP DL 360p Gen8 E5-2630 2P servers … just installed 9.1-RELEASE, and it looks like all of the hardware is detected properly, and being configured … 
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> After reboot, I start getting the 'watchdog timeout - resetting' message on bge0 … I've searched the web, and found the references to setting:
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> hw.bge.allow_asf="0"
> hw.pci.enable_msi="0"
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> but after reboot with those set in /boot/loader.conf (and confirmed via sysctl -a after login), its still doing it …
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> Looking at sysctl -a, even though:
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> hw.pci.enable_msi="0"
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> is set, I do see:
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> dev.bge.0.msi=1
> dev.bge.1.msi=1
> dev.bge.2.msi=1
> dev.bge.3.msi=1
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> still all set to 1 … is that right?
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> Don't know if this is useful, but, again, according to sysctl -a:
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> dev.bge.0.%desc: Broadcom unknown BCM5719, ASIC rev. 0x5719001
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> If I do an 'ifconfig bge0', it does show the interface as being active, but I can't ping out on it …
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> I even found someone's reference to doing a 'ifconfig bge0 -tso -vlanhwtso' and tried that … no go …
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> Something else I can look at?

You have to use latest stable/9 or stable/8.