Apparent fxp regression in FreeBSD 8.4-RC3

[Charles Sprickman]

On May 24, 2013, at 12:40 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 11:42:44PM -0400, Glen Barber wrote:
>> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 08:38:06PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>>> If someone wants me to test DHCP via fxp(4) on the above system (I can
>>> do so with both NICs), just let me know; it should only take me half an
>>> hour or so.
>>> 
>>> I'll politely wait for someone to say "please do so" else won't bother.
>>> 
>> 
>> For the sake of completeness...
>> 
>> "Please do so."  :)
> 
> Issue reproduced 100% reliably, even within sysinstall.
> 
> ISO image used:
> 
> ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/8.4/FreeBSD-8.4-RC3-i386-disc1.iso
> 
> I just chose to Configure the system, selected Networking, chose NO to
> the IPv6 configuration choice, and YES to the DHCP configuration choice,
> then hit Alt-F2 to watch relevant output.
> 
> This was the result:
> 
> http://imgbin.org/index.php?page=image&id=13718
> 
> ...with the fxp0 physif up/down messages continuing indefinitely.
> 
> fxp0 on the system is the Intel 82559.  Shot of console's dmesg:
> 
> http://imgbin.org/index.php?page=image&id=13720
> 
> Nothing is connected to fxp1.
> 
> Key points for those asking me to help debug:
> 
> - I only have VGA console on this box
> - I do not have an IDE hard disk of any sort for temporary OS

There are machines in my garage that are supposed to go to the recycling dump.

I have old boot messages from one P-III box that indicates there's an Intel 82559 chip onboard.

I do have drives, and I do have a CD drive, although I'm uncertain as to its condition.

I can make a serial console available.

USB booting is out of the question.

I am currently out of blank CD-R's, but might be able to find my meager stash of CD-RWs that I couldn't find last week…  Failing that, can I dd a memstick image onto a drive?

Mr. Barber loves these machines, they are his favorites. :)

C

>  installation, setup, kernel testing, etc..
> - The system cannot boot USB media of any sort, so memsticks are out
> - The ATAPI drive is CD-only; there is no DVD support, so there's no
>  easy way to get a "real" shell with full utilities (i.e. "Fixit")
> 
> So if someone wants to take a stab at this, they'll need to do so and
> make me an ISO.  Sorry that I can't make things easier.  :-(
> 
> This definitely needs to get fixed before 8.4-RELEASE.
> 
> -- 
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