IBM Blade HS20, BCM5704S

[Marko Lerota]

"Helmut Schneider" <jumper99 at gmx.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> on every new release I try to install FBSD on a IBM Blade HS20 with
> above Broadcom GB card - and always fail. :)
>
> I just would like to know if it *should* be possible to have a working
> installation.

I have no problem. Try to upgrade HS20 BIOS and other firmware. 
We have many problems with these blades, and they are not solved yet
by IBM.

<GNUGK03>[~]$ ifconfig bge0
bge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        options=1a<TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING>
        inet6 fe80::211:25ff:fe29:edca%bge0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
        inet 10.4.12.23 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.4.12.255
        ether 00:11:25:29:ed:ca
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseSX <full-duplex>)
        status: active

here is the dmesg.boot 

Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #0: Fri Nov 11 03:20:44 CET 2005
    lero at GNUGK03.ot.hr:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GNUGK03
ACPI APIC Table: <IBM    SERBLADE>
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz (2399.34-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf29  Stepping = 9
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x4400<CNTX-ID,<b14>>
  Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs
real memory  = 2147405824 (2047 MB)
avail memory = 2096447488 (1999 MB)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
MADT: Forcing active-low polarity and level trigger for SCI
ioapic2 <Version 1.1> irqs 32-47 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 1.1> irqs 16-31 on motherboard
ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-15 on motherboard
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
acpi0: <IBM SERBLADE> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
pci_link0: <ACPI PCI Link LPUS> irq 7 on acpi0
pci_link1: <ACPI PCI Link LPID> irq 14 on acpi0
acpi0: reservation of 460, 2 (4) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x488-0x48b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pci0: <display, VGA> at device 1.0 (no driver attached)
atapci0: <ServerWorks CSB6 UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x700-0x70f at device 15.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xfebfe000-0xfebfefff irq 7 at device 15.2 on pci0
ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb0: SMM does not respond, resetting
usb0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: (0x1166) OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 15.3 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
pcib1: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> on acpi0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib2: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> on acpi0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
bge0: <Broadcom BCM5704S Dual Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x2002> mem 0xfbff0000-0xfbffffff,0xfbfe0000-0xfbfeffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
bge0: Ethernet address: 00:11:25:29:ed:ca
bge1: <Broadcom BCM5704S Dual Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x2002> mem 0xfbfd0000-0xfbfdffff,0xfbfc0000-0xfbfcffff irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci1
bge1: Ethernet address: 00:11:25:29:ed:cb
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xc97ff,0xc9800-0xcafff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc0: parallel port not found.
sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio0: port may not be enabled
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 8250 or not responding
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
uhub1: Cypress Semiconductor 4 Port Hub, class 9/0, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 2
uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
umass0: TEAC TEAC FD-05PUB, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 3
umass1: In-System Design USB Storage Adapter, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 4
uhub2: Cypress Semiconductor 4 Port Hub, class 9/0, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 5
uhub2: 4 ports with 4 removable, bus powered
ukbd0: IBM PPC I/F, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 6, iclass 3/1
kbd1 at ukbd0
ums0: IBM PPC I/F, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 6, iclass 3/1
ums0: X report 0x0002 not supported
device_attach: ums0 attach returned 6
ukbd1: IBM HIDK/M, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 7, iclass 3/1
kbd2 at ukbd1
ums0: IBM HIDK/M, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 7, iclass 3/1
ums0: 3 buttons and Z dir.
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
IP Filter: v4.1.8 initialized.  Default = pass all, Logging = enabled
ipfw2 (+ipv6) initialized, divert loadable, rule-based forwarding disabled, default to accept, logging unlimited
ad0: 38154MB <FUJITSU MHT2040AS 006C> at ata0-master UDMA100
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <TEAC FD-05PUB 3200> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device 
da0: 1.000MB/s transfers
da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
cd0 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <TEAC CD-224E 2.9B> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device 
cd0: 1.000MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present


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