I am trying to install OpenBSD 4.6 on an older DL380 G3, and am unable
to get an address from DHCP using the onboard network adapter.

The install just repeats the DHCPDISCOVER message over and over.

Here is the some of the dmesg (hand typed unfortunately)

bge0 at pci4 dev 1 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5703X" rev 0x02, BCM5703 A2
(0x1002): apic 3 int 13 (irq 11), address 00:0b:03:c1:1f
brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5703 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 2
bge1 at pci4 dev 2 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5703X" rev 0x02, BCM5703 A2
(0x1002): apic 3 int 13 (irq 11), address 00:0b:03:c1:1e
brgphy1 at bge1 phy 1: BCM5703 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 2

Note that only bge1 is currently physically connected however the
results are the same irregardless of which adapter is used.

Running ifconfig bge1 from the install shell gives:
bge1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lladdr 00:0b:cd:03:c1:1e
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex,rxpause,txpause)
status: active
inet6 fe80::20b:cdff:fe03:c11e%bge1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2

-- 
Ted Bullock <tbullock@comlore.com>

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Hi Ted,

What happens if you set a static IP?  Can it talk to the network then?
 Also, there's been reports of bge devices getting hit with watchdog
timeouts, do you see any of these?

Also, you might want to invest in a null modem cable and set your
system to talk to the serial port if one is available.  If you don't
have a laptop with a serial port, look for a freecycle group in your
area and ask for old laptops - I have a Compaq Contura 430C that I use
for this, only issue is that it needs a new battery.  Surely people
have something like this gathering dust in a basement somewhere.

HTH

-- 
Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict
I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse

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On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Aaron Mason <simplersolution@gmail.com>

Even with a static address packets do not seem to be flowing.

ifconfig reports the following after statically allocating an address:
inet 192.168.15.97 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.15.255

When I ping the gateway or any other host on the network I get the following:

PING 192.168.15.1 (192.168.15.1): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: wrote 192.168.15.1 64 chars, ret=-1
.....
.....
etc


I have one, it's just not convenient for me to get it at the moment.

--
Ted Bullock <tbullock@comlore.com>

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Anything from tcpdump?

If tcpdump shows nothing, maybe check for firmware updates and reset the 
nvram to factory defaults.  I don't recall if the G3 still has an "OS 
selection" in the BIOS, if it does maybe try another one.

The DL380 G3 has ILO, once it's set up you can ssh to the ILO IP address 
and get the console.

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have you tried using ifconfig to down then up the interface to see if
that makes a difference?

--patrick



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OpenBSD 4.6 has been released with broken support for bge, you must 
update to a snapshot from October at least...

It is fixed after 4.6-release in both -stable
and -current.

4.6-current:
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=124955552713264&w=2

4.6-stable:
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=125625879208738&w=2

You can also look on the mailing list:
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=126054695401126&w=2

-- 
Mauro Rezzonico <mauro@ch23.org>, Como, Italia
"Maybe this world is another planet's hell" - H.Huxley

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Yay it works!

Neat.  Later,

-- 
Ted Bullock <tbullock@comlore.com>

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