Scott,
>
> What are you doing when this problem occurs? Is it something
> I can easily duplicate here? When I tested the fix on
> -CURRENT I used the following command suggested by Doug to
> bring out the failure quickly:
>
> ssh <bad machine> "dd if=/dev/zero bs=1" > /dev/null
>
> Does this same command fail for you too?
>
I updated my RELENG_6 system to the tip and tried the same ssh
command which you mentioned also failed on your system. I couldn't
duplicate the problem at all. Are you sure you are actually using
the new code? My system is reporting a different driver version
than yours (mine = 0.9.6, yours = 0.9.5):
bce0: <Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B2), v0.9.6> mem
0xdc000000-0xddffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
bce0: ASIC ID 0x57081020; Revision (B2); PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz
bce0: Ethernet address: 00:10:18:15:f6:96
Are you still having a problem? Can you change the version number in
if_bce.c (bce_driver_version) and make sure the right driver is loading?
Dave