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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