From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 18 14:39:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A71D6106566B for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:39:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gidgate.gid.co.uk (host-83-146-60-88.dslgb.com [83.146.60.88]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E87378FC19 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:39:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from [194.32.164.28] ([194.32.164.6]) by gidgate.gid.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6IEd1bc019300 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:39:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Message-Id: From: Bob Bishop To: stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:39:01 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.926) Cc: Subject: em vs IPMI X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:39:07 -0000 Hi, Under 7.0R, I've had problems with IPMI over LAN failing across reboot on an Intel S3200SH m/b. I see the following at line 669 of if_em.c: /* Indicate SOL/IDER usage */ if (e1000_check_reset_block(&adapter->hw)) device_printf(dev, "PHY reset is blocked due to SOL/IDER session.\n"); Two questions: 1. Am I correct to infer that PHY reset will kill the IPMI LAN setup? 2. Does the above mean I don't have to worry about losing IPMI if I have an established SOL session? I'm particularly concerned about getting into single user. I figured out how to reestablish access using ipmitool to poke the IPMI LAN setup, but of course I can only get in to do that if the box is up multiuser. I'd find out the answers by experiment, but the box is in production in a colo so it's not so easy. Thanks -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295 mobile +44 (0)783 626 4518