On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 07:50:45AM -0700, G B via smartos-discuss wrote:
> I respectfully disagree that his problems are entirely in the driver. I was
> running a release of SmartOS from June and rebooted multiple times without
> problems until I booted the 0904 release and my rge adapter stopped working.
> In the newest release it also isn't working.
>
> However, that same adapter IS working with FreeBSD. To get SmartOS working I
> had to install a USB Ethernet device using driver axf.
>
> I ultimately have no idea where the problem lies, but since the adapter I
> have (rge) still works with OpenIndiana, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, I can only
> surmise that something recently changed in SmartOS with drivers. But I only
> base that on the adapter working with multiple other operating systems.
> Later today I will install the latest OmniOS to see if the adapter (rge)
> works.
This is science, not voodoo. Coming up with theories ("it's something
SmartOS-specific", "it's the NIC driver/HW combo", "it's a layer 3
configuration problem") is well and good, but what the OP really needs
here is not theories but knowledge. The way one obtains knowledge is by
constructing, executing, and interpreting the results of experiments.
Philosophically, it's criminal that we've allowed ourselves to create
such complex and opaque systems that we must treat them as if they were
a part of nature to be probed for understanding, rather than cultural
artifacts that we created of our own minds and should understand
completely, but that's where we are. Unless you have all the code
(including the firmware), all the masks, microscopes, logic probes,
scopes, compilers, and every other kind of software and hardware
equipment to solve the problem purely through inspection, science is the
only way to go. So please, if you're going to propose a theory, offer a
way to test it, too.
It sounds like you're proposing that the OP install FreeBSD to rule out
totally nonfunctional hardware. A reasonable if somewhat heavyweight
approach, especially if the two sets of experiments I proposed show no
packet flow. Suppose that exonerates the HW in terms of basic
functionality; what next? Let's help the OP construct the right set of
experiments.
> On Monday, September 22, 2014 9:16 AM, Peter Kelm via smartos-discuss
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> Not sure whether your case is similar than mine but I had issues getting the
> stock SmartOS bge driver play nicely with my machine's BCM5720 ethernet
> chipsets. Like yours it was detected properly, showed up like yours in
> dladm,... Yet, it was totally unusable at Gigabit speed. Worked okay only
> when plugged into a Fast Ethernet switch. What connection speed do you use?
>
> FYI: BroadCom publishes the driver source (for Solaris) on their website and
> it turned out that this can be integrated fairly easily as a custom driver
> into a SmartOS build. I am running such a custom build since January without
> issues. Let me know if you'd like to try my custom USB build on your hardware
> and I can put the USB install image up on the net.
>
> Peter
>
>
> Am 22.09.2014 um 15:38 schrieb [email protected]:
>
> · Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5723 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
> > * Driver: bge
> > * PCI ID: 14e4,165b
> > * Originating manifest: driver-network-bge.mf
> >According to: http://illumos.org/hcl/
> >And that’s my card, so why cant I get networking up?!
> >
> >From: [email protected]
> >[mailto:[email protected]]
> >Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 1:11 PM
> >To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: [smartos-discuss] Network Problem
> >
> >Correction:
> >
> ># dladm show-link
> >LINK CLASS MTU STATE BRIDGE OVER
> >bge0 phys 1500 up -- --
> >
> >From: [email protected]
> >[mailto:[email protected]]
> >Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 1:06 PM
> >To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: [smartos-discuss] Network Problem
> >
> ># prtconf -dD | grep bge
> > pci103c,705d (pciex14e4,165b) [Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme
> > BCM5723 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe], instance #0 (driver name: bge)
> >
> ># dladm show-link
> >LINK CLASS MTU STATE BRIDGE OVER
> >bge0 phys 1500 down -- --
> >
> >Still cant ping out … or oing the server from the LAN.
> >
> >From: [email protected]
> >[mailto:[email protected]]
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 9:03 AM
> >To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: [smartos-discuss] Network Problem
> >
> >Ok, as advised on IRC #smartos, I connected to the server via the serial
> >port. Now can copy and paste.
> >
> ># ifconfig -a
> >lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232
> >index 1
> > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
> >bge0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
> > inet 192.168.1.2 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> > ether b4:b5:2f:a0:c1:36
> >lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu 8252
> >index 1
> > inet6 ::1/128
> >
> ># dladm show-phys
> >LINK MEDIA STATE SPEED DUPLEX DEVICE
> >bge0 Ethernet up 100 full bge0
> >
> ># cat /usbkey/config
> >#
> ># This file was auto-generated and must be source-able by bash.
> >#
> >
> ># admin_nic is the nic admin_ip will be connected to for headnode zones.
> >admin_nic=b4:b5:2f:a0:c1:36
> >admin_ip=192.168.1.2
> >admin_netmask=255.255.255.0
> >admin_network=...
> >admin_gateway=192.168.1.2
> >
> >headnode_default_gateway=192.168.1.1
> >
> >dns_resolvers=8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4
> >dns_domain=<*dn*>.co.zm
> >
> >ntp_hosts=0.smartos.pool.ntp.org
> >compute_node_ntp_hosts=192.168.1.24
> >
> >From: [email protected]
> >[mailto:[email protected]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 5:49 PM
> >To: [email protected]; 'Usama Ahmad'
> >Subject: RE: [smartos-discuss] Network Problem
> >
> >Zpool import zones fails saying “cant import zones; a pool with the same
> >name is already creaded/imported”
> >Login in as root/root also fails …
> >
> >From: Usama Ahmad via smartos-discuss
> >[mailto:[email protected]]
> >Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 10:20 PM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: Re: [smartos-discuss] Network Problem
> >
> >Boot into noinstall mode
> >login user/pass is root/root
> >
> >zpool import zones
> >>zpool destroy zones
> >>reboot
> >
> >And you are done it will start up asking initial config questions
> >
> >
> >On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 3:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> >“Maybe try to reinstall SmartOS by rebooting into no install mode and zpool
> >destroy zones.” Time to fire up google I guess, talk about a newbie stuck on
> >a nic issue …
> >
> >From: Usama Ahmad via smartos-discuss
> >[mailto:[email protected]]
> >Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 7:47 PM
> >To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: [smartos-discuss] Network Problem
> >
> >
> >On Sep 6, 2014 6:58 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Please note that I cant even ssh into the server. So cant copy
> >> /usbkey/config, I have to type out ...
> >>
> >> 1. /usbkey/config
> >>
> >> admin_ip=192.168.1.2
> >> admin_netmask=255.255.255.0
> >> admin_network=...
> >> admin_gateway=192.168.1.2
> >>
> >> headnode_default_gateway=192.168.1.1
> >>
> >> dns_resolvers=8.8.8.8,8.8.8.4
> >>
> >> 2.dlam show-phys
> >>
> >> Link media state speed duplex device
> >> bge0 ethernet up 100 full bge0
> >>
> >> 3. ifconfig -a
> >>
> >> bge0:
> >> inet 192.168.1.2
> >>
> >> 4. netstat -rn -f inet
> >> Destination Gateway interface
> >> Default 192.168.1.1 bge0
> >> 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.2 bge0
> >>
> >> 5.ipadm show-addr
> >> Bge0 static ok 192.168.1.2/24
> >>
> >> 6.#ping 192.168.1.2
> >> 192.168.1.2 is alive
> >>
> >> 7. ping 192.168.1.1
> >> No answer from 192.168.1.1
> >>
> >> 8. unplug cable from server and connect to mylaptop with same
> >> ip192.168.1.2,
> >> I can ping 192.168.1.1
> >>
> >> !?
> >Hello,
> >Could you try to change your IP address for box from 192.168.1.2 to
> >something else for example 192.168.1.101 or any other unused IP. This is to
> >rule out your router as the bottle neck since you mention same IP used for
> >your laptop.
> >Keep hope, it should work, most likely something very simple and basic is
> >causing this issue.
> >Maybe try to reinstall SmartOS by rebooting into no install mode and zpool
> >destroy zones.
> >Hope this helps.
> >Usama
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jonathan Perkin via smartos-discuss
> >> [mailto:[email protected]]
> >> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 4:02 PM
> >> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: [smartos-discuss] Network Problem
> >>
> >> It's difficult to diagnose your problem without seeing all the details, and
> >> it doesn't help that your mail client likes to mangle plain text so that we
> >> cannot be sure your settings are correct.
> >>
> >> If you provided plain text attachments of the following:
> >>
> >> - /usbkey/config
> >> - 'dladm show-phys' output
> >> - 'ifconfig -a' output
> >> - 'netstat -rn -f inet' output
> >> - anything else you think may be relevant for your setup
> >>
> >> we may be able to help. The rule of thumb is that you can never provide
> >> too
> >> much information.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Perkin - Joyent, Inc. - www.joyent.com
> >>
> >>
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