From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 7 15:49:55 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3508316A419 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:49:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@freebsd.org) Received: from QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0BEF13C480 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:49:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@freebsd.org) Received: from OMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.59]) by QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with smtp id 9qxr1Y0061GhbT80004400; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:32:56 +0000 Received: from discordia ([24.60.136.97]) by OMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 9rYw1Y00926FYqY0000000; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:32:56 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=O71Owz7cAAAA:8 a=xe8BsctaAAAA:8 a=PHDQHwAWbXtyCQgg62oA:9 a=B5s-DpTAknAhtVO3qgIA:7 a=8h1a0y2YVj1DNplF1jqc9o5UfJ0A:4 a=rPt6xJ-oxjAA:10 Received: by discordia (Postfix, from userid 103) id 4D70F1634F7; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:32:56 -0500 (EST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8-gr1 (2007-02-13) on discordia X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8-gr1 Received: from [172.20.1.3] (unknown [172.20.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by discordia (Postfix) with ESMTP id C97341634F6; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:32:39 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4731D9FF.9010009@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:30:07 -0500 From: Coleman Kane Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071104) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Cristi Magherusan , Szymon Kozak X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: panic in 8-CURRENT / BGE hang X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: cokane@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:49:55 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 22:34 +0200, Szymon Kozak wrote: >> / On 10/25/07, JoaoBR > > >> wrote: > />/ > > The main goal of the two technologies is the same, i.e., > out-of-band />/ > > server management. Both use Remote Management > and Control Protocol />/ > > (RMCP) for the network protocol but > ASF is implemented on NIC />/ > > firmware level while IPMI is > implemented on baseboard management />/ > > controller (BMC). Now > BCM57xx firmware has built-in ASF stack and />/ > > the interface > can be shared with BMC. If there is a BMC on-board and />/ > > > network controller is shared, obviously you cannot just reset the > />/ > > controller, etc. You have to 'tell' the firmware that you > are about />/ > > to do critical things, such as reset, start, > stop, link negotiation, />/ > > etc, so that it can communicate > with BMC beforehand. If you turn on />/ > > hw.bge.allow_asf, it > does just that. Unfortunately, it does not work />/ > > for all > systems in the real world because they are not created equal, />/ > > > e.g., different spec. revisions, hardware implementations, > firmware, />/ > > BIOS, etc. Basically some system fails *without* > it while some />/ > > system fails *with* it. Hence, the tunable > was necessary. At least, />/ > > that is how I understand it. />/ > > />/ > />/ > thank you, that was great />/ > />/ > but would > really not harm to put something about resumed into the man page > />/ > />/ />/ Hello, />/ I have the same problem, but change > value to hw.bge.allow_asf="0" />/ doesn't work for me. />/ I have > Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet in my ThinkPad R61. />/ > Dmesg from FreeBSD-STABLE shows: />/ />/ bge0: BCM5754/5787 A2, ASIC rev. 0xb002> mem />/ 0xfe000000-0xfe00ffff > irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci4 />/ />/ Here is complete dmesg: > http://slane.pl/tmp/dmesg.txt />/ />/ Anybody know what's wrong? / > Hello, > > I've tried again the latest version of if_bge.c on my HP 6710b > laptop with no results, even after setting hw.bge.allow_asf="0". > I've also tried with the debugger and it seems to panic when > calling free() in device_probe_child.c (IIRC). Then I #define'd > BUS_PROBE and the freeze occurs after displaying something like > "devclass_alloc_unit: now: unit 0 in devclass bge". > > The 7 Beta 1.5 install CD hangs also when loading the driver. > > I have a coredump made from whithin the debugger with the exact > place where the faulty free() occurs, so I can provide more exact > info if someone is interested. I just hope this is not a > heisen-bug. > > Best regards, Cristi I have a 6715b that is experiencing the same exact problem. I made a release from 8-CURRENT as of last night and I still see it. Just by chance, I installed my normal kernel (for my other amd64 machine) onto the ISO and re-burned and it worked (since I don't have if_bge on that kernel). After selectively loading/unloading modules I tracked it down to this. Has any more traction been made on the BGE issue here? - -- Coleman Kane -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHMdn+cMSxQcXat5cRAufMAJ9R/xRmsY1/XIdq+Vgx9AjO18yiywCfSoY8 Yv+tq/NrUP6Vfd/ihYcCyJ4= =wKt6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----