HP Proliant system freezes when bge NIC is used

[Max N. Boyarov]

>>>>> "CK" == Cristian KLEIN writes:

 CK>  Anders Nordby wrote:
 >> Hi,
 >> 
 >> Using FreeBSD/amd64 7.0-BETA1 on a HP Proliant DL 380 G4 system, it freezes
 >> totally once the NIC is used, hanging at the time of setting the
 >> hostname upon boot. If I set hw.bge.allow_asf="0" in loader.conf, it
 >> works fine. What can I do to help debug this problem?

 CK> I am experiencing the same thing with an Intel eSeries 335. When I type
 CK> "ifconfig bge0 up" the system hangs. No DDB, no panic, no nothing. Setting
 CK> hw.bge.allow_asf="0" in loader.conf does not solve the problem.

 CK> I also observat that the switch initially negotiates 100Mbps. After typing
 CK> "ifconfig bge0 up" the switch negotiates 1Gbps, although the system is frozen.

 Also got his issue onFreeBSD/i386 BETA1  HP Proliant ML150 when system connected to 
 1GB switch I see media hw-loopback and system lock when rc.d/netif is started. 
 Switching link to 100Mbps switch and set hw.bge.allow_asf="0" solve this.

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