kern/101226: Access to IPMI module is lost when the em driver attaches to the network interface.

[David Duchscher]

>Number:         101226
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Access to IPMI module is lost when the em driver attaches to the network interface.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 01 21:00:29 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Duchscher
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.1
>Organization:
Texas A&M University
>Environment:
FreeBSD testhost.net.tamu.edu 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May  7 04:32:43 UTC 2006     root at opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
Access to the IPMI module is lost when the driver attaches to the network interface.  Access returns only when the network interface is enabled (ifconfig up ...).

>How-To-Repeat:
Boot system with an IPMI module and em network card with a configured IPMI module but networking not configured on the host.

>Fix:
Unknown.  I can provide system with IPMI module and access (IP based KVM and serial console) if needed to work out issues.
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