Subject: Re: bge problems on i915
To: Chris Tribo <ctribo@dtcc.edu>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 09/05/2005 17:01:59
On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 12:35:37AM -0400, Chris Tribo wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Sep 2005, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> 
> > In article <B137DA0C-534E-4AB1-948D-B330A5C2D785@dtcc.edu>,
> > 	Chris Tribo <ctribo@dtcc.edu> writes:
> > > PXE boot rom and Windows dual-boot are working fine.
> >
> > Does NetBSD works with the card if you enable PXE, let fail and the
> > system boots from disk afterwards?
> 
> I haven't yet been able to reproduce the failure. I was running NetBSD
> without the network cable plugged in, brought it back to my desk and
> plugged in the cable and then it wouldn't work until I booted windows.
> I've had no previous problems with the card for the better part of 5
> months.
> 
> > > ...
> > > bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
> > > bge0: block failed to stop: reg 0x1400, bit 0x00000002
> > > bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
> > > ...
> >
> > Could you please post the message that the kernel prints out when it
> > detects the card?
> 
> Sure:
> 
> ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 0: Intel 82801FB/FR PCI Express Port #0 (rev.
> 0x03)
> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
> pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
> bge0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0: Broadcom BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet
> bge0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 16 (irq 11)
> bge0: ASIC BCM5750 A1 (0x4001), Ethernet address 00:11:43:xx:xx:xx
> brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5750 1000BASE-T media interface, rev. 0
> brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT,
> 1000baseT-FDX, auto

Oh joy: the same card revision that can't cope with vlans nor ipnat..
(kern/29660 and kern/30851)

Cheers,

Patrick
(Of course there doesn't seem to be any documentation released for said card
either..)