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On 04/12/13 13:56, Sean Bruno wrote: > A note from cluster...@freebsd.org > > It looks like there is some amount of instability or bugginess in > some of the Broadcom firmware(management) on the bce(4) chipeset > shipped on later generations of the Poweredge 2950 from Dell: > > bce0: <Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B2)> > > Specifically, we've seen that newer (9 and higher) have issues with > the doing initial setup and negotiation and that Dell did indeed > release newer firmware to fix the issues. This requires a full > reboot into Linux (probably centos6) to get the update to execute. I could be wrong but I *think* that the firmware is loaded on device initialization, so there may be a chance that the driver can do it when starting? Additionally, maybe one can leverage the kernel firmware(9) framework so that the firmware can be more easily updated by user? Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delp...@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJRaHfwAAoJEG80Jeu8UPuz5EkIAMpC9/vKi62HGPSZKWO5KqH3 FhcizlRvcTigseHQoYG3zkd1TpW7TJ0iium/MSadix4vhck5TWA6CoACAdFLH65a KbI3UHmbfi5PlBKBm+mGumuTTzBOpC+c+Lt0c6AGEpo1cDjD3UqvAz/p12NQ30S2 dv0tugJhGlmcrNbWr5m+7jStPYExAvjXkEz/FBD/uHB1XqW+Pi8vAfkur1utMdcE LXYr2khRAajYxHYikGjAJxN92NBYDyIK0jhlmPs7CwGSMPZH9wJhax2Jj61MYKp5 zHItKmdUq81DN/v1CRkzN7bGwBGC+mzCQxkXBzhpSR9WG6/ry6S1dKsSMFXmbB4= =QKem -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
