From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 15:29:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D4711065672; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:29:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@altesco.nl) Received: from altus-escon.com (altesco.xs4all.nl [82.95.106.39]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DB578FC21; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:29:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@altesco.nl) Received: from giskard.altus-escon.com (giskard.altus-escon.com [193.78.231.1]) by altus-escon.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m3HFSt1v003284; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:29:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ben@altesco.nl) Message-Id: <4DE42652-2CE8-4567-AD49-2F425917A232@altesco.nl> From: Ben Stuyts To: Jeremy Chadwick In-Reply-To: <20080417141139.GA84832@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:13 +0200 References: <20080417112035.GA81275@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <0528764C-4B25-4063-B018-EFD2750ACBDB@altesco.nl> <20080417141139.GA84832@eos.sc1.parodius.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (altus-escon.com [193.78.231.142]); Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:29:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/6809/Thu Apr 17 11:33:01 2008 on mars.altus-escon.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.7 required=3.5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on mars.altus-escon.com Cc: jfv@freebsd.org, gnn@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with em0 failing to initialize on stable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:29:04 -0000 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: >> > > > > 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: > 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