From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264484AbUBIKNy (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2004 05:13:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264498AbUBIKNy (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2004 05:13:54 -0500 Received: from [193.170.124.123] ([193.170.124.123]:57660 "EHLO 23.cms.ac") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264484AbUBIKNv (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2004 05:13:51 -0500 Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:13:31 +0100 From: JG To: Lincoln Dale Cc: Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: TG3: very high CPU usage In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20040208105611.04710418@171.71.163.14> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20040201110919.04788eb0@171.71.163.14> <20040125123154.A8CA4202CAA@23.cms.ac> <20040122125516.7B671202CDC@23.cms.ac> <5.1.0.14.2.20040121100550.03cff190@171.71.163.14> <20040119033527.GA11493@linux.comp> <20040119033527.GA11493@linux.comp> <5.1.0.14.2.20040121100550.03cff190@171.71.163.14> <5.1.0.14.2.20040122143222.02a06d68@171.71.163.14> <20040122125516.7B671202CDC@23.cms.ac> <5.1.0.14.2.20040125105347.02acce68@171.71.163.14> <20040125123154.A8CA4202CAA@23.cms.ac> <5.1.0.14.2.20040201110919.04788eb0@171.71.163.14> <5.1.0.14.2.20040208105611.04710418@171.71.163.14> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.9claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Operating-System: Gentoo 1.4 ;) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Mon__9_Feb_2004_11_13_31_+0100_+DV_kediUndw6sax" Message-Id: <20040209101349.8AAFF1A9AD5@23.cms.ac> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --Signature=_Mon__9_Feb_2004_11_13_31_+0100_+DV_kediUndw6sax Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi, > good to hear. > what revision BCM5700 was it that you had? > > i've heard reports that the newer BCM5705s have 'issues' whereas > BCM5700-5703 are good. > > can you post your 'lspci -vvv' output? i'm sorry i can't tell the chip revision anymore (only card serial number) because i already RMA'ed the NIC. i do have the same netgear card in another system where the serial number nearly identical (differs only by 1 digit), here's the lspci -vvv output: 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Altima (nee Broadcom) AC9100 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 15) Subsystem: Netgear: Unknown device 302a Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-