bce(4) with IPMI

[Sean Bruno]

On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 17:46 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> > > I attempted to disable IPMI via the Dell BIOS tool (DRAC) and I
> > couldn't
> > > see any driver detection of this status.  So, when I add this:
> > >
> > > >       if ((ifp->if_flags & IFF_UP) == 0 &&
> > > >            (sc->bce_flags & BCE_MFW_PRESENT_FLAG) == 0){
> > > >               printf("%s: BCE detected MFW not present\n",
> > __func__);
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't see any change in behavior with IPMI enabled or disabled via
> > the
> > > Dell "DRAC" ROM Menu.
> > >
> > 
> > I thought you may have seen "MFW(NOT RUNNING)" if management
> > firmware is present and you disabled IPMI in device attach time.
> > You may have to enable bootverbose to see it.
> > If management firmware is present and running you may have seen
> > actual management firmware version string.
> 
> The Broadcom MFW is configured to load/not load through an NVRAM 
> option that is likely not affected by the iDRAC BIOS settings.
> To disable MFW you'd need to run the user diagnostic utility
> (UXDIAG.EXE) with the following command line:
> 
> C:\>uxdiag -mfw 0
> 
> To turn it back on run the following:
> 
> C:\>uxdiag -mfw 1
> 
> You can find a bootable CD with the user diagnostic here:
> http://www.broadcom.com/support/license.php?file=NXII/Xdiag-5.2.2.iso
> 
> Dave
> 

Ah, ok.  


Pyun:

Should I do this on a host and validate your changes?

Sean