Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:00:30 -0700 From: Sean Bruno <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com> To: David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.com> Cc: "pyunyh@gmail.com" <pyunyh@gmail.com>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "davidch@freebsd.org" <davidch@freebsd.org>, Pyun YongHyeon <yongari@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: bce(4) with IPMI Message-ID: <1318356030.2724.11.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B523819385F3669A7D@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> References: <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B523819385F35B4738@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <1317683178.15510.25.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> <20111007191154.GB11808@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <1318018310.27029.10.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> <20111007205254.GC11808@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <1318264942.1236.6.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> <20111010174749.GA1781@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <1318271046.1236.11.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> <20111010190609.GB1781@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <1318278905.1236.18.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> <20111010204456.GD1781@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B523819385F3669A7D@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
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On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 17:46 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> > > I attempted to disable IPMI via the Dell BIOS tool (DRAC) and I
> > couldn't
> > > see any driver detection of this status. So, when I add this:
> > >
> > > > if ((ifp->if_flags & IFF_UP) == 0 &&
> > > > (sc->bce_flags & BCE_MFW_PRESENT_FLAG) == 0){
> > > > printf("%s: BCE detected MFW not present\n",
> > __func__);
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't see any change in behavior with IPMI enabled or disabled via
> > the
> > > Dell "DRAC" ROM Menu.
> > >
> >
> > I thought you may have seen "MFW(NOT RUNNING)" if management
> > firmware is present and you disabled IPMI in device attach time.
> > You may have to enable bootverbose to see it.
> > If management firmware is present and running you may have seen
> > actual management firmware version string.
>
> The Broadcom MFW is configured to load/not load through an NVRAM
> option that is likely not affected by the iDRAC BIOS settings.
> To disable MFW you'd need to run the user diagnostic utility
> (UXDIAG.EXE) with the following command line:
>
> C:\>uxdiag -mfw 0
>
> To turn it back on run the following:
>
> C:\>uxdiag -mfw 1
>
> You can find a bootable CD with the user diagnostic here:
> http://www.broadcom.com/support/license.php?file=NXII/Xdiag-5.2.2.iso
>
> Dave
>
Ah, ok.
Pyun:
Should I do this on a host and validate your changes?
Sean
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