Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:04:21 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: exclude device from bus probe? Message-ID: <20120918090420.GD5486@kontrol.kode5.net> In-Reply-To: <84002D87687695781C9FBC88@Gorans-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <84002D87687695781C9FBC88@Gorans-MacBook-Pro.local>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> We have a system based on Supermicro X7SPA-HF with IPMI connected via a > shared 82574L NIC. We are not using this NIC for anything from the OS but > the probing and device attach breaks the IPMI connection so bad FBSD don't > see any screen during boot. There is no BIOS flag that disables the NIC > from the OS, only a HW strap but that dsables the IPMI also. > > Is it possible to disable the probe of the NIC using hists to the PCI bus > driver? I have addded hint.em.0.disable=1 but it does not help. > > em0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x10d315d9 chip=0x10d38086 rev=0x00 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82574L Gigabit Network Connection' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > Any other suggestions appreciated. You could remove it from the Kernel config file and build a custom Kernel.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20120918090420.GD5486>