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[mc36 <>]

hi,
i've got my bf2556 back... i upgraded to experimental... the bfswd process 
seems stable but the bffwd keeps restarting:

core#attach process bffwd

SalGrpcClient.TestConnection: Failed to connectd to SAL server at 
127.0.0.1:50053: <_Rendezvous of RPC that terminated with:
      status = StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE
                                        details = "channel is in state 
TRANSIENT_FAILURE"
                                                                                          debug_error_string = "{"created","description":"channel is in 
state TRANSIENT_FAILURE","file":"src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/client_channel.cc","file_line":2917,"grpc_status":14}"
                                                                   >, retrying
                                                                              
info cfgPrcss.doRound:cfgPrcss.java:509 restarting process bfswd
SalGrpcClient.TestConnection: Failed to connectd to SAL server at 
127.0.0.1:50053: <_Rendezvous of RPC that terminated with:
      status = StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE
                                        details = "channel is in state 
TRANSIENT_FAILURE"
                                                                                          debug_error_string = "{"created","description":"channel is in 
state TRANSIENT_FAILURE","file":"src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/client_channel.cc","file_line":2917,"grpc_status":14}"
                                                                   >, retrying
                                                                              
info cfgPrcss.doRound:cfgPrcss.java:509 restarting process bfswd
SalGrpcClient.TestConnection: Failed to connectd to SAL server at 
127.0.0.1:50053: <_Rendezvous of RPC that terminated with:
      status = StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE
                                        details = "channel is in state 
TRANSIENT_FAILURE"
                                                                                          debug_error_string = "{"created","description":"channel is in 
state TRANSIENT_FAILURE","file":"src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/client_channel.cc","file_line":2917,"grpc_status":14}"
                                                                   >, retrying


this is all i see... any idea on whats going on?
thanks,
cs