From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 28 07:57:34 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 205FC7C7 for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 07:57:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from kabab.cs.huji.ac.il (kabab.cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC6AAF3 for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 07:57:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pampa.cs.huji.ac.il ([132.65.80.32]) by kabab.cs.huji.ac.il with esmtp id 1UhEmY-000HB3-8q; Tue, 28 May 2013 10:57:22 +0300 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3 To: Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: SunFire X2200 ilo's bge1 DOWN/UP In-reply-to: <20130528064931.GA61056@icarus.home.lan> References: <20130528052953.GA1457@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20130528064931.GA61056@icarus.home.lan> Comments: In-reply-to Jeremy Chadwick message dated "Mon, 27 May 2013 23:49:31 -0700." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 10:57:22 +0300 From: Daniel Braniss Message-ID: Cc: pyunyh@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 07:57:34 -0000 -------- [...] > 1. r248226 in head was MFC'd to stable/9 as r248858. Validation: > > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/9/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c?view=log > > So the answer: whether or not you have that MFC in stable/9 depends on > what SVN rev your kernel is. I do a svnsync then I convert to mercurial so from the svn logs I see that the highest rev number is 250960. [...] > > That "piggybacking" crap never should have been invented. All it has > done is cause problems for every OS I know of (including Windows) since > its inception, and is also exactly why today almost all vendors I've > seen provide a dedicated NIC and RJ45 port for the iLO/IPMI interface. > It's admission the "piggybacking" method doesn't work. And may it rot > in hell for all I care, while simultaneously feeling very sorry for > those who have to suffer/deal with it. > > This is just another reason why I've always been very picky about what > hardware I'd buy for server deployments. Vendors never actually > disclose this crap until you've shelled out money for the hardware, by > which point it's too late and you're suffering. Really great model -- > for the pocketbook. :/ > I couldn't agree more! [...] in the case of the SunFire X2200, it has 4 bge ports, the 2nd, bge1, is only used by the ilo, it's not enabled (UP'ed), it doesn't have an interrupt assigned, it's, as far as I can tell, just anoying to have the DOWN/UP messages - unless something more sinester is lurking. thanks, danny