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From: Max N. Boyarov
Subject: Re: HP Proliant system freezes when bge NIC is used
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 7:52 am

>>>>> "CK" =3D=3D Cristian KLEIN writes:

 CK>  Anders Nordby wrote:
 >> Hi,
 >>=20
 >> Using FreeBSD/amd64 7.0-BETA1 on a HP Proliant DL 380 G4 system, it fre=
ezes
 >> totally once the NIC is used, hanging at the time of setting the
 >> hostname upon boot. If I set hw.bge.allow_asf=3D"0" in loader.conf, it
 >> works fine. What can I do to help debug this problem?

 CK> I am experiencing the same thing with an Intel eSeries 335. When I type
 CK> "ifconfig bge0 up" the system hangs. No DDB, no panic, no nothing. Set=
ting
 CK> hw.bge.allow_asf=3D"0" in loader.conf does not solve the problem.

 CK> I also observat that the switch initially negotiates 100Mbps. After ty=
ping
 CK> "ifconfig bge0 up" the switch negotiates 1Gbps, although the system is=
 frozen.

 Also got his issue onFreeBSD/i386 BETA1  HP Proliant ML150 when system con=
nected to=20
 1GB switch I see media hw-loopback and system lock when rc.d/netif is star=
ted.=20
 Switching link to 100Mbps switch and set hw.bge.allow_asf=3D"0" solve this.

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HP Proliant system freezes when bge NIC is used, Anders Nordby, (Sat Oct 20, 2:28 pm)
Re: HP Proliant system freezes when bge NIC is used, Cristian KLEIN, (Tue Oct 23, 2:28 pm)
Re: HP Proliant system freezes when bge NIC is used, Max N. Boyarov, (Wed Oct 24, 7:52 am)
Re: HP Proliant system freezes when bge NIC is used, Cristian KLEIN, (Fri Oct 26, 6:37 pm)