Nathan J. Williams wrote:

>Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@wsm.com> writes:
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>>    I have installed NetBSD 2.0.2/amd64 port on to a Newisys 4300 (4
>>way Opteron 848). I have run into a problem where bringing up bge0
>>will cause a GPF and crash the system. I am able to being up bge1
>>without any errors or GPF. Both bge0 and bge1 are Broadcom 5703
>>controllers. I tried several media options from auto to hard setting
>>100baseT, 1000baseT, full and half duplex, etc. Anytime bge0 is
>>brought up the system augers in. I am running netbsd.GENERIC.MP kernel
>>that comes with the 2.0.2 release.
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>>    I saw a similar bug report in a search. Has this been fixed yet?
>>If not I can provide access to the system (via ssh) if any developers
>>wish to take a look under the hood.
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>I experienced a similar problem on a system with a 3ware RAID
>controller, driven by twe(4). I noticed that the problem only occurred
>when the twe card was in the first PCI slot; if it was out, or if it
>was in another slot, everything worked fine. I haven't had a chance to
>dig much deeper than that, but that and the location of the crash
>makes me suspect a problem around the apic programming and dispatch.
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>        - Nathan
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I hope it does not depend on PCI slot placement as these controllers are 
onboard devices. I guess I could use a dremel tool to move them but I 
bet they would really not work then.