Hello! On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 08:49:40AM -0400, Michael Proto wrote:
> > Is there a way to limit the number of probed entities for > > a certain pci device class to, say, 1 in my case? > > I'd like to use bge0 for FreeBSD but the kernel should leave > > everything else that might be a bge interface alone. > > Would the following in /boot/device.hints achieve what you are after? > > hint.bge.1.disabled="1" > hint.bge.2.disabled="1" That would be the feature I am seeking. Unfortunately this had no effect. I already tried. The latest statement I was able to find via Google claimed, that for FBSD 5.2 "you cannot disable PCI devices other than completely removing the driver". I don't know if this has changed since then. According to Fujitsu Siemens support they use something called UMP, 'Universal Management Port', to send packets to the management processor via a shared Ethernet PHY. In theory the OS should be able to use the NIC at the same time as the management processor. You can use either a true shared LAN for both or 802.1q to get both interfaces into seperate broadcast domains. The problem with FreeBSD seems to be that bge_reset() which is called by bge_attach() clears the UMP configuration area. According to them Linux does not do this. Since I like a dedicated physical management interface much better, anyway, my final solution is rather simple: In the BIOS setup program disable the LAN port on that interface while keeping the setting for "Management LAN" at "Enabled". This has the desired effect: remote management works and FreeBSD doesn't see the port at all. Costs you a NIC, though ;-) Thanks, Patrick -- punkt.de GmbH * Vorholzstr. 25 * 76137 Karlsruhe Tel. 0721 9109 0 * Fax 0721 9109 100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.punkt.de Gf: Jürgen Egeling AG Mannheim 108285 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
