Hello On 11:25 Wed 07 Feb , kashani wrote: > Brett Curtis wrote: > >Ok, this is great. In saying that do you have any idea what I should look > >at? > > > >Again same tests on any of my servers running different nics work fine > >connected to the same switch. I have the latest nic firmware from ibm... I > >guess it could be something else ibm specific? > > > >These are the two cards I am having issues with. > > > >Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 > >Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X > > > >I probably should have noted that seeing the tg3 supports a wide range of > >nics .. > >Could you test on a machine using one of these cards or did you already? > > > >thanks for the response. > > I'm seeing the same behavior on my Dell SC servers BCM5751 and BCM5721. > 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 in both cases. > I might have a newer kernel I can try > later. One thing to note is that both of these are PCI Express. >
I have tried almost every kernel from 2.6.12 up to 20 still with no luck. All of my nics that are failing when lowering the mtu are also on PCI Express. > Oddly changing to MTU 1492 on the e1000 chips (82541GI) locks the > interface for about 20-30 seconds before it responds again after which > the ping -s 5000 does work. 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 on those servers and the > Intel is PCI Express as well. Works fine with my intel nic. (82546EB) again also on PCI Express. > > kashani Thanks, I wonder where I should go now.. Wonder if its a tg3 kernel bug. > > -- > [email protected] mailing list -- Created with VIM & mutt. I came home the other night and tried to open the door with my car keys...and the building started up. So I took it out for a drive. A cop pulled me over for speeding. He asked me where I live... "Right here". -- Steven Wright -- [email protected] mailing list
