Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5719 support

[Eugene M. Zheganin]

Hi.

On 13.07.2012 04:39, Jason Wolfe wrote:
> bge0:<Broadcom unknown BCM5719, ASIC rev 0x5719001>  mem
> 0xf6bf0000-0xf6bfffff,0xf6be0000-0xf6beffff,0xf6bd0000-0xf6bdffff irq
> 32 at device 0.0 on pci3
> bge0: CHIP ID 0x05719001; ASIC REV 0x5719; CHIP REV 0x57190; PCI-E
> miibus0:<MII bus>  on bge0
> bge0: Ethernet Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> ...
> bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting
> bge0: link state changed to UP
> bge0: link state changed to DOWN
> bge0: link state changed to UP
> bge0: link state changed to DOWN
> bge0: link state changed to UP
> bge0: link state changed to DOWN
> ...
>
>
> bge0 at pci:0:3:0:0:       class=0x020000 card=0x169d103c chip=0x165714e4
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>      vendor      = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>      device      = 'NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe'
>      class       = network
>      subclass    = ethernet
>
> Anything in the pipe on this one, or any access I can provide that
> might assist us?
>
I got a BMC5722 chip (and IBM x3250 mX systems), but same stuff with 
timeout/resets. I can say 8.1/8.2 were more stable concerning bge(4).
You could try to switch off tso and vlanhwtso, at least it did the trick 
for me (did it ? not sure though. I was having problems one a month on 
8.1/8.2, after upgrading to 8.3-STABLE I start having problems with it 
every day, literally, after ifconfig bge0 -tso -vlanhwtso it's running 
for 5 day now.)

Eugene.