From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 13:51:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E583928D for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:51:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=670444ed0=a@jenisch.at) Received: from mgaterz2.oekb.co.at (mgaterz2.oekb.co.at [143.245.5.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7106C8FC13 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:51:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from exchhubcas2.oekb.co.at ([143.245.3.66]) by mgaterz2.oekb.co.at with ESMTP/TLS/AES128-SHA; 26 Nov 2012 14:49:52 +0100 Received: from aurora.oekb.co.at (143.245.9.16) by internal-relay-exchhubcas2.oekb.co.at (143.245.3.65) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.2.318.4; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:49:52 +0100 Received: from aurora.oekb.co.at (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aurora.oekb.co.at (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qAQDnqfe001454; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:49:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from a@jenisch.at) Received: (from ej@localhost) by aurora.oekb.co.at (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qAQDnpWO001453; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:49:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from a@jenisch.at) X-Authentication-Warning: aurora.oekb.co.at: ej set sender to a@jenisch.at using -f Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:49:51 +0100 From: Ewald Jenisch To: Subject: bge driver for BCM5719 not working (9.1-RC3) Message-ID: <20121126134951.GA1364@aurora.oekb.co.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:51:03 -0000 Hi, I'm having a hard time getting FreeBSD 9.1 RC3 running on a HP Proliant 385p G8. Installation runs so far, however I can't get any network interfaces up and running. The output of dmesg "... link states coalesced" messages and correspondigly in /var/log/messages I have numerous messages like "bge0: link state changed to UP", followed by "bge0: link state changed to DOWN". I've already ruled out the following: o) Wiring - OK (even changed cable) o) different switchport o) Check for latest firmware on machine including iLO - already got that The problem is that I can't connect to the network in any way, so I'm stuck with my installation off the ISO-image with no way of updating my system :-( Interestingly enough the MAC-address of the machine in question shows up on the switch, so the server does have a link to the switch - without being able to communicate though. Digging around I came across the following PR: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=171121 So here are my questions: o) Is there any chance this will be fixed in the 9.1-release? (the PR mentions that the patch has been committed to -CURRENT) o) How do I go about updating my system without network connectivity? Thanks much in advance for any clue, -ewald