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Date:      Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:05:21 +0000
From:      Melissa Jenkins <melissa-freebsd@littlebluecar.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPMI stops respond if boot in single user mode
Message-ID:  <483358CB-C0C2-4BE7-BE88-5333867801FD@littlebluecar.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <mailman.73.1418212801.43873.freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
References:  <mailman.73.1418212801.43873.freebsd-net@freebsd.org>

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> On 10 Dec 2014, at 12:00, freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org wrote:
>=20
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:09:51 +0300
> From: "Alexey V. Panfilov" <lehis2000@mail.ru>
> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: IPMI stops respond if boot in single user mode
> Message-ID: <5487FFCF.10802@mail.ru>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dkoi8-r
>=20
>> IMI "shares" the NIC, by which I mean, it uses a backdoor in the chip =
to
>> access it.
>> After the driver is loaded, the chip gets reset, but not re-enabled
>> until networking is enabled,
>> so the backdoor is shut but not re-opened.
>> In single user mode the first has happenned, but the second has not.
>>=20
>> My suggestion is:
>> compile the kernel without the driver.
>> load the driver from /etc/rc using the following variable in rc.conf.
>>=20
>>  kld_list     (str) A list of kernel modules to load right after the =
local
>>                 disks are mounted.  Loading modules at this point in
>> the boot
>>                 process is much faster than doing it via =
/boot/loader.conf
>>                 for those modules not necessary for mounting local =
disk.
>>=20
>> let me know how it works out!
>=20
> Julian, thanks for your reply. I'll remember this trick.
>=20
> But I can't check it now - server goes in production.


We had a similar problem with BCE before the drivers were updated.  One =
other solution is to boot to BIOS and disable the onboard network =
adapter before booting single user.

Mel=



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