Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:57:31 +0000 From: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> To: David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.com> Cc: Gideon Naim <gideon.naim@broadcom.com>, "rwilliams@borderware.com" <rwilliams@borderware.com>, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>, "net@freebsd.org" <net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bce(4) BCM5907 CTX write errors on 7.2 driver Message-ID: <4B0C80FB.5040901@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A20E0F332@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> References: <4AE72910.8090708@tomjudge.com> <4AE76FF1.9010401@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A04B491AE@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <4AE8CC59.7020004@tomjudge.com> <4AE9D10F.4040703@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A054DE883@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <4AE9F576.4060101@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A19B35A55@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <4AEA0B11.2050209@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A19B35AB0@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <4AEA1183.7050306@tomjudge.com> <4AEB2571.7090006@tomjudge.com> <4AFAE428.5090907@quip.cz> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A20D4C55D@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <4AFAF542.8050004@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A20D4CA70@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <4AFC862B.6060805@tomjudge.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A20E0EFE1@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B52381933A20E0F332@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
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David Christensen wrote: >>> For the record we also have not been able to reproduce the issue on >>> the R710 only the R610. >> I got hold of an R610 system and I now understand why the >> issue was difficult to replicate on R710. The R610 ships >> without Enterprise iDRAC while the R710 ship with the add-in >> Enterprise iDRAC module. When the module is present the >> system is managed through the additional RJ45 port but when >> the module is absent iDRAC traffic will flow through the >> on-board 5709 adpaters. >> The error will only occur when management firmware is loaded >> on the 5709 AND when NC-SI management functionality is enabled. >> >> You should be able to confirm this by adding or removing the >> Enterprise iDRAC module on your systems. Now that I have a >> failure again I have some ideas to test which might help. >> Stay tuned. > > Does the attached patch make a difference for you? > > FYI, I'll be out next week on vacation. > Hi David, This patch seems to do the trick, on at least one of the R610's that we have. Just did cold boot, 5 warm boots, cold boot, 5 warm boots and have not had any issues. Thanks Tom
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