From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 12 21:14:19 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A5AC2C5 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:14:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from mail-ve0-f170.google.com (mail-ve0-f170.google.com [209.85.128.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E08011DB7 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:14:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f170.google.com with SMTP id 14so271868vea.29 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:14:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=wemm.org; s=google; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=sGP5PiXfoCIZrQ7i7M9IE6oQjQzbiBDx+KDg9gU1a6k=; b=zbOmknFsRj2oC3HNx99GkZ1rezfGN1bmu6j/MAPuquGh7T8iPI73Q8/Nw1dvK8cW5I HjnZ7L/N0xV984Ock8TKhdxgWy4Ug++JqwxjLMR4Ayg1cX8gUo+IU7GnALPwi1Nfq10O V6w67y5oj25UwFRHhuOE9K5U64+Bwf9GOVxvI= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=sGP5PiXfoCIZrQ7i7M9IE6oQjQzbiBDx+KDg9gU1a6k=; b=OXU1801LkZuG77Nz9SD+xw+oafhXkKTN/m9ffJ9kdFOAuxAYO1gy8j7TdfEYMsGxw6 16HC/6Ec07mu/sfOvAQuMpGf8uJ/r8eUrgtbJ+4Y8zOL5LR2EiCqoSHrDWghvFFej59d vGgl5Sps6f/p1Fq1Hhynzq/6/UayxBMDn2/5/VjCrDJQyIEJDDV+Yt+yWsfF9AUy3NQj LRTe9QTlzGegver3xij4ishR1HwBEdZCyIYCuUOuKzYw8wkxo+M3qgsAii6UFgZctXui ohq8U/CHJG2jK7DaPhafB0LePUWM/dAuW8mmvHkz2JCLMttZS+FP8WDPAvGp8aZjU0uX dxyQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.174.196 with SMTP id bu4mr8226014vdc.117.1365801257867; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:14:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.211.72 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:14:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1365800188.1418.29.camel@localhost> References: <1365800188.1418.29.camel@localhost> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:14:17 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bce(4) on the Dell PE 2950 From: Peter Wemm To: sbruno@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQllkatAeNdawbvpnf9oOS0kLegJcvuzHr2AQLuU6reujoBBg0JWydLdQR05lk5TzOjoNBpK Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:14:19 -0000 On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Sean Bruno wrote: > A note from clusteradm@freebsd.org > > It looks like there is some amount of instability or bugginess in some > of the Broadcom firmware(management) on the bce(4) chipeset shipped on > later generations of the Poweredge 2950 from Dell: > > bce0: > > Specifically, we've seen that newer (9 and higher) have issues with the > doing initial setup and negotiation and that Dell did indeed release > newer firmware to fix the issues. This requires a full reboot into > Linux (probably centos6) to get the update to execute. > > Sean More specifically.. this is the problematic revision: bce0: ASIC (0x57081020); Rev (B2); Bus (PCI-X, 64-bit, 133MHz); B/C (2.9.1); Bufs (RX:2;TX:2;PG:8); Flags (SPLT|MSI|MFW); MFW (NOT RUNNING!) and the upgrade takes you to bce0: ASIC (0x57081020); Rev (B2); Bus (PCI-X, 64-bit, 133MHz); B/C (5.0.4); Bufs (RX:2;TX:2;PG:8); Flags (SPLT|MSI|MFW); MFW (ipms 1.6.0) If you're seeing things like: bce0: ../../../dev/bce/if_bce.c(7906): Watchdog timeout occurred, resetting! over and over, then this would be a good thing to update. -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; KI6FJV