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Subject: Re: bge(4) + asf
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Sean Bruno wrote:
> So, I note that the tuneable bge_allow_asf is set to 0.  This
> effectively disabled IPMI for a few controllers that I have.  Is there
> any reason to *not* turn it on?
>
> Sean
>
> if_bge.c::
> <snip>
> static int bge_allow_asf = 0;
>
> TUNABLE_INT("hw.bge.allow_asf",&bge_allow_asf);
> </snip>

There were some reports about freezes with bge_allow_asf=1.
I am using hw.bge.allow_asf=1 in loader.conf for a few years on our Sun 
Fire X2100 M2 machines without any problems.

Miroslav Lachman