Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:04:51 +0000 From: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> To: David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.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: <4AEA1183.7050306@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A19B35AB0@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.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> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A19B35AB0@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
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David Christensen wrote: >>> 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. > > 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. > Ok just checked in the life cycle manager and it has 5.0.9 installed my bad. Running the other test now. Tom
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