From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 29 21:38:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B70051065670 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:38:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: from tomjudge.vm.bytemark.co.uk (tomjudge.vm.bytemark.co.uk [80.68.91.100]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FD928FC0C for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:38:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tomjudge.vm.bytemark.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B38748A7F; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:38:17 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at tomjudge.vm.bytemark.co.uk Received: from tomjudge.vm.bytemark.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tomjudge.vm.bytemark.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yvc4xwVZBJ4A; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:38:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rita.nodomain (unknown [192.168.205.6]) by tomjudge.vm.bytemark.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9AF248A7D; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:38:12 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4AEA0B11.2050209@tomjudge.com> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:37:21 +0000 From: Tom Judge User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090822) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Christensen References: <4AE72910.8090708@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A04B49180@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <4AE76FF1.9010401@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A04B491AE@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <4AE8CC59.7020004@tomjudge.com> <4AE9D10F.4040703@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A054DE883@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <4AE9F576.4060101@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A19B35A55@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A19B35A55@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "rwilliams@borderware.com" , Gideon Naim , "net@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: bce(4) BCM5907 CTX write errors on 7.2 driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:38:18 -0000 David Christensen wrote: >>> Can you try a different test? Power-on the system with the network >>> cable attached to an idle switch (i.e. keep all network >> traffic from >>> being forwarded to the NIC during driver initialization). Does the >>> system power up successfully? Repeatedly? The problem I saw was >>> caused by network traffic being handled by the NIC during driver >>> initialization. If you still see the same behavior then >> this might be >>> a different issue. >>> >> Looks like we are heading in the right direction here. >> > > > The next test is to diable the LOM's management firmware but boot to > an active network. Get the User Diag utility at the bottom of > http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/netxtremeii.php. > Run the uxdiag utility with the command line: > "C:\>uxdiag -c 0 -mfw 0 -c 1 -mfw 0 -c 2 -mfw 0 -c 3 mfw 0" > The "-c X" specifies with LOM to use while the "-mfw 0" disables > the firmware. Use the appropriate number of "-c X" values for > the number of ports on your system (the r710 has 4 ports). > To re-enable the firmware do the following: > "C:\>uxdiag -c 0 -mfw 1 -c 1 -mfw 1 -c 2 -mfw 1 -c 3 mfw 1" > > Finally, the routine bce_print_adapter_info() in HEAD prints out both > the bootcode and management firmware versions. If you can get those > same changes into your release I'd like to see the versions reported > on your system. > Here is the info from a boot of 8.0 RC2. ASIC: 0x57092003 B/C: 5.0.6 Rev: C0 Bus: PCIe x4, 2.5Gb/s Flags: MSI|MFW MFW: NCS 2.0.3 And looking at this it seems dells update CD was not up to date enough and I only got 5.0.6 firmware not 5.0.9. I will update this now and retest. TJ