Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:52:09 -0700 From: "David Christensen" <davidch@broadcom.com> To: "Tom Judge" <tom@tomjudge.com> Cc: "rwilliams@borderware.com" <rwilliams@borderware.com>, Gideon Naim <gideon.naim@broadcom.com>, "net@freebsd.org" <net@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: bce(4) BCM5907 CTX write errors on 7.2 driver Message-ID: <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A19B35AB0@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: <4AEA0B11.2050209@tomjudge.com> 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> <4AEA0B11.2050209@tomjudge.com>
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> > The next test is to diable the LOM's management firmware=20 > but boot to=20 > > an active network. Get the User Diag utility at the bottom of=20 > > 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"=20 > disables the=20 > > firmware. Use the appropriate number of "-c X" values for=20 > the number=20 > > 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" > >=20 > > Finally, the routine bce_print_adapter_info() in HEAD=20 > prints out both=20 > > the bootcode and management firmware versions. If you can=20 > get those=20 > > same changes into your release I'd like to see the versions=20 > reported=20 > > on your system. > >=20 >=20 > Here is the info from a boot of 8.0 RC2. >=20 > ASIC: 0x57092003 > B/C: 5.0.6 > Rev: C0 > Bus: PCIe x4, 2.5Gb/s > Flags: MSI|MFW > MFW: NCS 2.0.3 >=20 > And looking at this it seems dells update CD was not up to=20 > date enough and I only got 5.0.6 firmware not 5.0.9. The package version and the bootcode version are similar but they are not the same. The bootcode you have (v5.0.6) is sufficient to fix the problem. Dave=
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