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[Frédéric LOUI <>]

HI,

Many thanks Alex, Xavier could confirm but IIRC the Wedge that is in Paris in 
our lab has no Nixified RARE/version installed.

Therefore this is why he wants to re-stage (upon my recommendation) with ONIE 
image so that he can get aligned with the GP4L image 
and set the profile that Csaba specifically tailored for the use case he 
wants to test.

Frederic

> Le 16 sept. 2022 à 10:44, Alexander Gall <> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Xavier
> 
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:05:15 +0200, Xavier Jeannin 
> <> said:
> 
>> I tried to install on a Wedge 100BF-32X the new version of Rarefreertr to 
>> benefit of the profil version.
> 
> In general, you shouldn't need to perform another ONIE
> installation. The new version can be installed with release-manager
> (or tna-install-latest from freertr unless your current version is
> very old). Which version of RARE is currently running there
> ("release-manager --list-installed")?
> 
>> I follow the documentation - 
>> http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/
> 
> This applies to a new system that doesn't have a NOS installed
> yet. There you would see the ONIE boot menue directly after a
> reboot. But if the system has already been installed with our ONIE
> installer previously (which is the case here IIUC), you should see the
> Grub menue with the first entry pointing to the Debian boot for
> RARE. There should also be a line "ONIE" that would chain-load the
> ONIE installer (from which you could then select "ONIE install" or
> "ONIE rescue").
> 
> However, that menue should be displayed for 5 seconds, not sure why
> that seems to have been much shorter in your case :/ If you don't do
> anything you would simply boot back into RARE.
> 
>> I encounter the following pb:
> 
>>  * connection BMC - OK
>>  * wedge_power.sh reset - OK
>>  * I run sol.sh.
>>    Following the doc, I want to select the ONIE option "ONIE rescue mode" 
>> in a menu
>>    I see the menu appearing for a very very short time (I suppose it is 
>> the Grub menu) but it impossible to choose the ONIE option ""ONIE
>>    rescue mode" as immediately the process starts a boot sequence  (I 
>> think it is a linux boot?). The process never ends repeating the
>>    following output :
>>    [  357.803857] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx 
>> completion
>>    [  357.816981] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx 
>> completion
>>    [  359.774675] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx 
>> completion
>>    [  359.787837] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx 
>> completion
>>    [  359.800971] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx 
>> completion
>>    [  361.790739] bf 0000:06:00.0: error bad ring index -44 in tx 
>> completion
> 
> That's strange. It looks like bf_switchd has a problem initializing
> the Tofino ASIC. I have never seen this before. If restaring
> freerouter doesn't help (sudo systemctl restart freerouter), maybe try
> another power-cycle :/
> 
>>  * I can still connect to the switch with another window but I cannot 
>> complete the re-installation process
> 
> Please try
> 
> $ sudo -i release-manager --install-git origin/master
> 
> to perform the upgrade.
> 
> --
> Alex
> 
>> Any idea to correct this ?
>> Should I need to strike a specific key to access to the menu ?
> 
>> thank you
>> Xavier
> 
>> -- 
>> Xavier JEANNIN
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