Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:37:07 +0300 From: Cristian KLEIN <cristi@net.utcluj.ro> To: Anders Nordby <anders@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP Proliant system freezes when bge NIC is used Message-ID: <47229643.1010602@net.utcluj.ro> In-Reply-To: <471E6782.6050303@net.utcluj.ro> References: <20071020212830.GA46415@fupp.net> <471E6782.6050303@net.utcluj.ro>
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Cristian KLEIN wrote: > Anders Nordby wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Using FreeBSD/amd64 7.0-BETA1 on a HP Proliant DL 380 G4 system, it freezes >> totally once the NIC is used, hanging at the time of setting the >> hostname upon boot. If I set hw.bge.allow_asf="0" in loader.conf, it >> works fine. What can I do to help debug this problem? > > I am experiencing the same thing with an Intel eSeries 335. When I type > "ifconfig bge0 up" the system hangs. No DDB, no panic, no nothing. Setting > hw.bge.allow_asf="0" in loader.conf does not solve the problem. > > I also observat that the switch initially negotiates 100Mbps. After typing > "ifconfig bge0 up" the switch negotiates 1Gbps, although the system is frozen. Just in case someone reads this. I worked around this problem by manually routing IRQ from BIOS. hw.bge.allow_asf="1" works too. Is this normal? Should I perhaps further investigate?
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