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Date:      Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:20:35 -0700
From:      Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>
To:        gnn@freebsd.org
Cc:        jfv@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with em0 failing to initialize on stable?
Message-ID:  <20080417112035.GA81275@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
In-Reply-To: <m2ej94rfm7.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com>
References:  <m2ej94rfm7.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com>

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On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 06:32:32PM +0900, gnn@freebsd.org wrote:
> I am running 7-STABLE with machines that are net booted.  On occasion,
> that is not with any level of predictability, this happens:
> 
> em0: Hardware Initialization Failed
> em0: Unable to initialize the hardware
> 
> which of course stops the machine in its tracks.  A normal dmesg is
> also included.
> 
> Any steps I should take to help debug this?

George, can you provide the following?

* Motherboard type and model (a URL to the board would be good)
* kenv | grep smbios
* pciconf -lv

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