cvs commit: src/sys/dev/bge if_bge.c if_bgereg.h

Scott Long scottl at samsco.org
Tue Dec 12 18:02:36 PST 2006



On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Bruce Evans wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Scott Long wrote:
>> 
>>> scottl      2006-12-12 05:11:12 UTC
>>>
>>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>>
>>>  Modified files:
>>>    sys/dev/bge          if_bge.c if_bgereg.h
>>>  Log:
>>>  Fix support for certain 575x/578x chips.  This consists of the following:
>> ...
>> this change makes my machine hang completely (even not able to break
>> into kernel debugger) by the time the interfaces are setup (upon
>> boot after hostnames gets set from rc scripts).
>> 
>> it's a dual cpu amd64 with a tyan K8SE which has 2 bges onboard:
>> Broadcom BCM5704 A3, ASIC rev. 0x2003
>> 
>> backing out this one makes it boot again without any problems.
>
> I use the following quick fix for a <Broadcom BCM5701 B5, ASIC rev. 0x105>.
>
> %%%
> Index: if_bge.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.159
> diff -u -2 -r1.159 if_bge.c
> --- if_bge.c	12 Dec 2006 05:11:12 -0000	1.159
> +++ if_bge.c	12 Dec 2006 17:17:21 -0000
> @@ -2542,5 +2631,4 @@
> 			    __FUNCTION__);
> 		CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_FASTBOOT_PC, 0x0);
> -	}
>
> 	/*
> @@ -2550,4 +2638,5 @@
> 	 */
> 	bge_writemem_ind(sc, BGE_SOFTWARE_GENCOMM, BGE_MAGIC_NUMBER);
> +	}
>
> 	reset = BGE_MISCCFG_RESET_CORE_CLOCKS|(65<<1);
> %%%
>
> This moves the bge_writemem() into a new new block of code that is
> only executed for certain bge_asicrevs.  (BTW, it is confusing that
> bge_asicrev != ASIC rev. printed by dmesg.)  The bge_writemem() is new
> too and without the above it seems to be associated with nothing.  The
> above is in bge_reset().  The hang always occurred for initialization
> from /etc/rc.d.  bge_reset() somehow succeeded when called twice before
> getting that far.
>
> The patch also some other details that I'm interested in and some style
> bugs.  I will report these in private mail.
>

interesting hack.  Yes, I'm defintely interested in your details.

Scott


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