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From: Cristian KLEIN <cristi@net.utcluj.ro>
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Subject: Re: HP Proliant system freezes when bge NIC is used
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Cristian KLEIN wrote:
> Anders Nordby wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Using FreeBSD/amd64 7.0-BETA1 on a HP Proliant DL 380 G4 system, it freezes
>> totally once the NIC is used, hanging at the time of setting the
>> hostname upon boot. If I set hw.bge.allow_asf="0" in loader.conf, it
>> works fine. What can I do to help debug this problem?
> 
> I am experiencing the same thing with an Intel eSeries 335. When I type
> "ifconfig bge0 up" the system hangs. No DDB, no panic, no nothing. Setting
> hw.bge.allow_asf="0" in loader.conf does not solve the problem.
> 
> I also observat that the switch initially negotiates 100Mbps. After typing
> "ifconfig bge0 up" the switch negotiates 1Gbps, although the system is frozen.

Just in case someone reads this. I worked around this problem by manually
routing IRQ from BIOS. hw.bge.allow_asf="1" works too.

Is this normal? Should I perhaps further investigate?