Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:13 +0200 From: Ben Stuyts <ben@altesco.nl> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: jfv@freebsd.org, gnn@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with em0 failing to initialize on stable? Message-ID: <4DE42652-2CE8-4567-AD49-2F425917A232@altesco.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080417141139.GA84832@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <m2ej94rfm7.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <20080417112035.GA81275@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <0528764C-4B25-4063-B018-EFD2750ACBDB@altesco.nl> <20080417141139.GA84832@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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On 17 apr 2008, at 16:11, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 02:02:51PM +0200, Ben Stuyts wrote: >> On 17 apr 2008, at 13:20, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 06:32:32PM +0900, gnn@freebsd.org wrote: >>>> I am running 7-STABLE with machines that are net booted. On >>>> occasion, >>>> that is not with any level of predictability, this happens: >>>> >>>> em0: Hardware Initialization Failed >>>> em0: Unable to initialize the hardware >>>> >>>> which of course stops the machine in its tracks. A normal dmesg is >>>> also included. >>>> >>>> Any steps I should take to help debug this? >>> >>> George, can you provide the following? >>> >>> * Motherboard type and model (a URL to the board would be good) >>> * kenv | grep smbios >>> * pciconf -lv >> >> I have seen this too. A couple of times on a new server here. Maybe >> one in >> two or three reboots. So far, it only happens after a reboot, but >> not after >> a hard reset or power cycle. This board has 3 em network if's. Two >> on the >> board itself, and one on a daughter card on the ipmi add-on card. >> It is >> always em0 that is giving trouble. The board is a Supermicro X7DBP-i: >> <http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon1333/5000P/X7DBP-i.cfm >> > > > I'm wondering if the IPMI add-on is what's doing it. However, the > IPMI > cards compatible with the X7DBP all have a dedicated NIC (versus > piggybacking on top of the existing mainboards' NICs, which almost > always causes problems of the mysterious sort). I'm not sure, but I > don't think em0 will be that NIC. Correct, em0 and em1 are on the mainboard. em2 is on the daughter- daughtercard and also single use for the OS. And then there's a 4th nic which is the ipmi interface. It is completely separate. (I have the SIM1U-3B & SIM1U-3D daughter cards: <http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/SIM.cfm > > Both you and George have boards that use the 82563EB. jv@ will have > to > help with this one. I wonder if it's a BIOS bug of some kind, where > something on the NIC isn't getting reset by the BIOS on a soft boot... Let me know if there's anything I can do to help. I can test patches during evening hours when this server is mostly idle. Ben
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