On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 04:01:34PM +0000, Rafal Jaworowski wrote: > raj 2008-03-12 16:01:34 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/boot/common dev_net.c > sys/boot/uboot/lib console.c copy.c glue.c libuboot.h net.c > time.c > Log: > Eliminate artificial increasing of 'netdev_opens' counter in loader's > net_open(). > > This was introduced as a workaround long time ago for some Alpha firmware > (which is now gone), and actually prevented net_close() to ever be > called. > > Certain firmwares (U-Boot) need local shutdown operations to be performed > on a > network controller upon transaction end: such platform-specific hooks are > supposed to be called via netif_close() (from within net_close()). > > This change effectively reverts the following CVS commit: > > sys/boot/common/dev_net.c > > revision 1.7 > date: 2000/05/13 15:40:46; author: dfr; state: Exp; lines: +2 -1 > Only probe network settings on the first open of the network device. > The alpha firmware takes a seriously long time to open the network > device > the first time. >
On at least sparc64 reverting this causes ofwn_init() to be called over and over again, which doesn't seem to be the right thing to do either. Marius Sun Fire V100 (UltraSPARC-IIe 500MHz), No Keyboard OpenBoot 4.0, 256 MB memory installed, Serial #51583895. Ethernet address 0:3:ba:13:1b:97, Host ID: 83131b97. Executing last command: boot net:dhcp Boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:dhcp File and args: 36800 Consoles: Open Firmware console Booting with sun4u support. FreeBSD/sparc64 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Sat Apr 12 22:48:49 CEST 2008) bootpath="/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:dhcp" boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 /boot/kernel/kernel data=0x6abd48+0x70568 syms=[0x8+0x75630+0x8+0x63cc2] boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 boot: ethernet address: 00:03:ba:13:1b:97 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
