Try a -current snapshot. Some important bge(4) fixes went into the tree after 3.8.
On 2/2/06, Badbanchi Hossein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually the NIC doesn't work properly. I can ssh to the box, but even output > of > a simple "ls" command takes seconds to appear on the screen, and gets > interrupted > in between. > > Does anyone know of any patch for this? > > Here is the output of ifconfig: > # ifconfig -a > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 33224 > groups: lo > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 > bge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lladdr 00:15:60:4f:22:e4 > groups: egress > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex) > status: active > inet 172.22.11.235 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 172.22.11.255 > inet6 fe80::215:60ff:fe4f:22e4%bge0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > pflog0: flags=0<> mtu 33224 > pfsync0: flags=0<> mtu 1348 > enc0: flags=0<> mtu 1536 > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Amir > > -----Original Message----- > From: Badbanchi Hossein > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 19:36 > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Broadcom BCM5752 NIC > > Hi, > Have recently got an HP Compaq dc7600 to be used as DHCP Server. > > OpenBSD 3.8 install couldn't properly work with the Broadcom BCM5752 NIC! > > The Error says: > bge0: firmware handshake timed out > > After installation was complete, now each time I reboot the system it takes a > long > time for the system to boot. It waits during initial boot and a second time > while > trying to configure the NIC with IP parameters, until it times out (both times > with the same error as above). > > After the boot process is complete the NIC works!! I mean I can ping the box. > I haven't tested the throughput of the NIC though. > > Here is an excerpt from dmesg: > # dmesg | grep bge > bge0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5752" rev 0x01, BCM5752 A1 > (0x6001): irq 10bge0: firmware handshake timed out > brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5752 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 0 > bge0: firmware handshake timed out > # > > And here is an excerpt from "man brgphy": > DESCRIPTION > The brgphy driver supports Broadcom BCM5400 100/1000TX Ethernet PHY in- > terfaces, as well as the BCM5401, BCM5411, BCM5421S, BCM5701, BCM5703, > BCM5704, BCM5705, BCM5714, BCM5750 and BCM5752 10/100/1000baseTX Ethernet > PHY interfaces. > > I would greatly appreciate any help? > > Amir
