Re: systems with -current wm(4) hang?

[Kengo NAKAHARA <k-nakahara%iij.ad.jp@localhost>]

Hi,

On 2016/06/08 16:58, John D. Baker wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jun 2016, Kengo NAKAHARA wrote:
> 
>> Thank you for rechecking. I'm glad the revision fixes almost
>> system problem.
> 
>>> Dell PowerEdge SC430, PCI/PCIe busses:
>>>
>>> PCI-Express add-in card:
>>> wm0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0: Intel PRO/1000 PT (82571EB) (rev. 0x06)
>>> wm1 at pci2 dev 0 function 1: Intel PRO/1000 PT (82571EB) (rev. 0x06)
>>>
>>> Interface "wm1" is not bootable and therefore was not tested.
>>
>> Hmm, I have no idea to fix this problem...
> 
> It's not a problem with the driver.  The card has two MACs in a single
> package and the PXE bootrom on the card allows booting from the first
> interface only.  As the test system was running (semi-)diskless, I could
> only test using wm0.  Since I had no problem with wm0, I would expect
> not to have problems with wm1 either.

I see. Thank you for telling me.

> I arranged a kernel config to force root on wm1 ("boot -a" can't be used
> as the USB keyboard doesn't work at the "root device:" prompt).  I boot
> over wm0 or the machine's built-in bge0 and switch the cable to wm1
> while the kernel is initializing.
> 
> Stress testing building packages has proceeded without incident.

Thank you for rechecking. I am relieved to hear it.


Thanks,

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