bce(4) BCM5907 CTX write errors on 7.2 driver

[David Christensen]

Hi,
> we have two new Dell R610 machines with four bce NICs (only 
> bce0 is connected at this time). I tried cold (power cycle in 
> iDRAC) and warm reboot (shutdown -r now), NIC is working on 
> every reboot, but I am still seeing messages:
> 
> bce0: /usr/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c(1525): PHY write timeout!
> bce0: /usr/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c(1525): PHY write timeout!
> bce0: link state changed to UP
> 
> This is on FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p4 amd64
> 
> I also see "PHY write timeout" on shutdown time for each NIC.
> 
> Other than the log messages, I see no problems with bce NIC, 
> but I have not tested it with any high load.
> 
> I did not upgraded FW or anything else.
> 
> What can I do to help with solving this issue?

You'll need to upgrade to 7-STABLE.

Dave