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Date:      Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:46:18 -0700
From:      "David Christensen" <davidch@broadcom.com>
To:        "pyunyh@gmail.com" <pyunyh@gmail.com>, "Sean Bruno" <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "davidch@freebsd.org" <davidch@freebsd.org>, Pyun YongHyeon <yongari@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: bce(4) with IPMI
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> > I attempted to disable IPMI via the Dell BIOS tool (DRAC) and I
> couldn't
> > see any driver detection of this status.  So, when I add this:
> >
> > >       if ((ifp->if_flags & IFF_UP) =3D=3D 0 &&
> > >            (sc->bce_flags & BCE_MFW_PRESENT_FLAG) =3D=3D 0){
> > >               printf("%s: BCE detected MFW not present\n",
> __func__);
> >
> >
> > I don't see any change in behavior with IPMI enabled or disabled via
> the
> > Dell "DRAC" ROM Menu.
> >
>=20
> I thought you may have seen "MFW(NOT RUNNING)" if management
> firmware is present and you disabled IPMI in device attach time.
> You may have to enable bootverbose to see it.
> If management firmware is present and running you may have seen
> actual management firmware version string.

The Broadcom MFW is configured to load/not load through an NVRAM=20
option that is likely not affected by the iDRAC BIOS settings.
To disable MFW you'd need to run the user diagnostic utility
(UXDIAG.EXE) with the following command line:

C:\>uxdiag -mfw 0

To turn it back on run the following:

C:\>uxdiag -mfw 1

You can find a bootable CD with the user diagnostic here:
http://www.broadcom.com/support/license.php?file=3DNXII/Xdiag-5.2.2.iso

Dave




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