Packet Loss w/bge & BCM5703 on Dell PE2650

[Vinny Abello]

Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote:
>> I've installed an Intel Pro/100 adapter in the Dell PowerEdge 2650. This
>> is an Intel 82550 chipset. The packet loss problem is completely gone
>> when using this NIC in the server, so it is definitely related to the
>> bge driver and this chipset BCM5703 or something else in the server. I'm
>> going to try and isolate which major release this problem appeared.
>> Maybe this will help isolate the change that is causing this issue for
>> me.
> 
> I still suggest you csup to stable, there are changes made to the driver :)

OK, just did a cvsup to the latest RELENG_6 from today, recompiled and
still have the same problem with the newer bge code, so that didn't help. :(

Again, the fxp card works ok. It seems there is no easy fix for this at
the moment so I may end up just sticking fxp cards in these model
servers and disabling the integrated bge cards. :-/

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