bge Ierr rate increase from 5.3R -> 6.1R

Robin Gruyters r.gruyters at yirdis.nl
Thu Jan 25 11:07:25 UTC 2007


Quoting Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu at FreeBSD.org>:
[...]
>
> Set your Cisco configuration to use 100/full, and edit the
> ifconfig_bge0 line in rc.conf on your FreeBSD box to have "media
> 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex", then reboot the FreeBSD box.
> If the problem continues, there may be faulty cabling, but
> usually errors on one direction are a sign of duplex mismatch.
> If after replacing the cabling the issue continues, then there's
> a chance the bge(4) driver may be obtaining statistics wrong for
> the particular chip revision being used (this is hearsay on my
> part; I'm just guessing...)
>
Ok, I have set the Cisco port to 100/full-duplex and update the bge*  
interfaces on the development server, but the problem still exists.

I have also updated the other server, which is connected to another  
Cisco switch, but the same results.

Regards,

Robin



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