bce(4) BCM5907 CTX write errors on 7.2 driver

[Tom Judge]

David Christensen wrote:
> 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


Hi David,

Is there any progress on this issue?  We can provide access to hardware 
with this fault (Specifically the R610).

Thanks,

Tom