Still have BCE driver issues (dell pe 1950) and NFS

[Scott Long]

Olivier Mueller wrote:
> NFS Server: dell poweredge 1950, with the 1.2.2.6 version of if_bce.c:
> 
> bce0: <Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B1), v0.9.6> mem
> 0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci9
> bce0: ASIC ID 0x57081010; Revision (B1); PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz
> miibus0: <MII bus> on bce0
> bce0: Ethernet address: 00:13:72:f8:6f:8c
> bce0: link state changed to UP
> 
> 
> NFS Client: dell poweredge 1750, with :
> bge0: <Broadcom BCM5704C Dual Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x2002> 
> 
> Both running an up-to-date setup of FreeBSD 6.1. 
> 
> Situation:
> 
> - Copying GB of data via rsync or ftp: no problem
> - Mounting a test directory from the 1950 via NFS on the 1750 server and
>   creating some files/directories: ok
> - Mounting a dir with many files via NFS (/var/tmp, 14000 php_sess): ok
> - Start a directory listing on it:  immediate (network) crash of the NFS
>   server.   (reproduced 3 times)
> 
> I don't have remote console display anymore (only power on/off), so I
> can only see the server going away from the network (not pingable
> anymore) at the moment, but it is most probably still working then. Only
> thing I found in /var/log/messages:
> 
> Nov  6 23:09:44 gemini kernel:
> bce0: /usr/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c(5000): Watchdog timeout occurred,
> resetting!
> Nov  6 23:09:44 gemini kernel: bce0: link state changed to DOWN
> Nov  6 23:09:46 gemini kernel: bce0: link state changed to UP
> Nov  6 23:10:49 gemini kernel:
> bce0: /usr/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c(5000): Watchdog timeout occurred,
> resetting!
> Nov  6 23:10:49 gemini kernel: bce0: link state changed to DOWN
> Nov  6 23:10:51 gemini kernel: bce0: link state changed to UP
> 
> 
> 
> What could/should I try next?  The 1.18 version of if_bce.c ?  (if the
> dell PE1950 is using the same NIC as the PE1955: cf.
> http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-stable@freebsd.org/msg83981.html )
> 
> Are there people around using a 1950 without any NIC problems? (tcp &&
> udp). If yes, please tell me which cvs version of the driver you are
> using.
> 
> Thanks & regards,
> Olivier
> 

Do the following, then retry your test:

ifconfig bce0 -txcsum


Scott