Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-26 Thread Ruben van Staveren
On 26 Oct 2006, at 1:21, Sam Baskinger wrote: Adding to the excitement, our band of attack squirrels haven't been able to bring down our 2950 yet with this one. We are using the if_bce.c from the HEAD w/ a small chunk about vlans commented out (for any wondering). We're trying outbound

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-26 Thread Conrad Burger
Hi all We have 5 Dell 1950s running the new BCE driver without any problems. Thanks Scott!! Maybe you can help me with another Dell-Broadcom network problem. I am trying to get FreeBSD to work on a Dell 1955 blade. Looks like the nics on the blade are not supported by the BCE driver. On linux

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-25 Thread Sam Baskinger
Bill Moran wrote: [snip] The driver from HEAD (if_bce.c 1.17) is looking much better - thanks Scott! We couldn't trigger this bug using UDP NFS mounts. Neither could we trigger it with multiple simultaneous TCP connections. I'm seeing similar improvement. I've been testing the new

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-25 Thread Scott Long
Sam Baskinger wrote: Bill Moran wrote: [snip] The driver from HEAD (if_bce.c 1.17) is looking much better - thanks Scott! We couldn't trigger this bug using UDP NFS mounts. Neither could we trigger it with multiple simultaneous TCP connections. I'm seeing similar improvement. I've been

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-25 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 19:24, Scott Long wrote: Sam Baskinger wrote: Bill Moran wrote: [snip] The driver from HEAD (if_bce.c 1.17) is looking much better - thanks Scott! We couldn't trigger this bug using UDP NFS mounts. Neither could we trigger it with multiple

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-25 Thread Scott Long
Josh Paetzel wrote: On Wednesday 25 October 2006 19:24, Scott Long wrote: Sam Baskinger wrote: Bill Moran wrote: [snip] The driver from HEAD (if_bce.c 1.17) is looking much better - thanks Scott! We couldn't trigger this bug using UDP NFS mounts. Neither could we trigger it with multiple

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-24 Thread Ruben van Staveren
On 23 Oct 2006, at 18:44, Brian A. Seklecki wrote: So probably MFC/RFP into RELENG_6 after two weeks? Is there an official FreeBSD PR on this to update? Apparently it is already there ? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c?

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-24 Thread Scott Long
Can you clarify, are there new problems with this new version of the driver? Scott Ruben van Staveren wrote: On 23 Oct 2006, at 18:44, Brian A. Seklecki wrote: So probably MFC/RFP into RELENG_6 after two weeks? Is there an official FreeBSD PR on this to update? Apparently it is

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-23 Thread Jason Thomson
Scott Long wrote: Bill Moran wrote: In response to Jason Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Scott Long wrote: Using the driver from HEAD* in the latest RELENG_6 didn't fix our problems. We could still trigger the Watchdog timeout when copying a local file to an NFS mounted filesystem (UDP mount,

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-23 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Jason Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Scott Long wrote: I'll cautiously say that the latest set of changes to bce might be interesting for you. It now survives all of my ttcp and netblast tests in both UDP and TCP. Please let me know if it makes things better, worse, or no

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-23 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
So probably MFC/RFP into RELENG_6 after two weeks? Is there an official FreeBSD PR on this to update? ~BAS On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Bill Moran wrote: In response to Jason Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Scott Long wrote: I'll cautiously say that the latest set of changes to bce might be

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-21 Thread Scott Long
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Jason Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Scott Long wrote: Conrad Burger wrote: Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver in HEAD. When will it be incorporated into Releng_6? It will be merged when someone, preferably 2-3 people,

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-21 Thread Scott Long
I'm not really a Broadcom developer, but I play one on TV =-) Scott Kevin Kramer wrote: Sorry, I thought that you and others were working on numerous Broadcom issues including incorrect recognition of the chipsets for the Poweredge 1950's and Precision 390. You had been responding to most of

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-19 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Jason Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Scott Long wrote: Conrad Burger wrote: Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver in HEAD. When will it be incorporated into Releng_6? It will be merged when someone, preferably 2-3 people, tell me that

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-19 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In response to Jason Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Scott Long wrote: Conrad Burger wrote: Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver in HEAD. When will it be incorporated into Releng_6? It will be

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-19 Thread Conrad Burger
On 19/10/06, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to Jason Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Scott Long wrote: Conrad Burger wrote: Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver in HEAD. When will it be incorporated into Releng_6? It will be merged

When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Conrad Burger
Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver in HEAD. When will it be incorporated into Releng_6? We are currently having some performance problems with a java application on our Dell 1950s. And it looks like it has something to do with the speed with which network I/Os are

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Kevin Kramer
and will it support the BCM5754 in the Precision 390? -- Kevin Kramer Sr. Systems Administrator 512.418.5725 Centaur Technology, Inc. www.centtech.com Conrad Burger wrote the following on 10/18/06 04:58: Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Scott Long
Conrad Burger wrote: Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver in HEAD. When will it be incorporated into Releng_6? It will be merged when someone, preferably 2-3 people, tell me that the changes in HEAD work for them. So far, no one has. Scott

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Scott Long
Kevin Kramer wrote: and will it support the BCM5754 in the Precision 390? No idea, ask the vendor. Scott ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Scott Long [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Conrad Burger wrote: Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver in HEAD. When will it be incorporated into Releng_6? It will be merged when someone, preferably 2-3 people, tell me that the changes in HEAD work for them.

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Kevin Kramer
Sorry, I thought that you and others were working on numerous Broadcom issues including incorrect recognition of the chipsets for the Poweredge 1950's and Precision 390. You had been responding to most of the threads regarding Broadcom issues. -- Kevin Kramer Sr.

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Paul Saab
The 5754 is more than likely supported by the bge driver. The PCI id's probably have to be added. Kevin Kramer wrote: Sorry, I thought that you and others were working on numerous Broadcom issues including incorrect recognition of the chipsets for the Poweredge 1950's and Precision 390. You

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Jason Thomson
Scott Long wrote: Conrad Burger wrote: Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver in HEAD. When will it be incorporated into Releng_6? It will be merged when someone, preferably 2-3 people, tell me that the changes in HEAD work for them. So far, no one has. Scott

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:15:14PM +0100, Jason Thomson wrote: Scott Long wrote: Conrad Burger wrote: Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver in HEAD. When will it be incorporated into Releng_6? It will be merged when someone, preferably 2-3 people, tell me

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Tom Judge
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:15:14PM +0100, Jason Thomson wrote: Using the driver from HEAD* in the latest RELENG_6 didn't fix our problems. We could still trigger the Watchdog timeout when copying a local file to an NFS mounted filesystem (UDP mount, GigE speeds). It

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In response to Scott Long [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Conrad Burger wrote: Hi It looks like there is a new version of the bce driver in HEAD. When will it be incorporated into Releng_6? It will be merged when someone, preferably 2-3

Re: When will the new BCE driver in HEAD be incorporated into RELENG_6?

2006-10-18 Thread Scott Long
Tom Judge wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:15:14PM +0100, Jason Thomson wrote: Using the driver from HEAD* in the latest RELENG_6 didn't fix our problems. We could still trigger the Watchdog timeout when copying a local file to an NFS mounted filesystem (UDP mount,