Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:23:14 +0100 From: Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net> To: Damian Gerow <dgerow@afflictions.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyan K8WE BIOS v1.03 and -STABLE Message-ID: <20060419142314.GA69130@voi.aagh.net> In-Reply-To: <20060416140823.GF46601@afflictions.org> References: <20060416140823.GF46601@afflictions.org>
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* Damian Gerow (dgerow@afflictions.org) wrote: > I tried updating the BIOS on my K8WE (S2895) yesterday to 1.03, but > after the update, FreeBSD (RELENG_6 dated March 26) would randomly > freeze after booting. > > As I was updating from v1.01, I suspect it may be the updates to > the nVidia SATA firmware that caused the issue, as things generally > froze shortly after the background fsck processed kicked in (with, > obviously, the exception of the first boot, and a few others). It may > be worth noting that Windows, though booting fine, did complain that > the ATA driver was mis-matched for the firmware of the ATA controller. > > Is anyone else successfully running -STABLE with v1.03 on a K8WE? Just > wondering if this is something specific to the options I've chosen, or if > it's an interaction issue between FreeBSD and this BIOS revision. > > (No, I haven't tried just going to 1.02, as I needed the machine. Though > that should be a fairly good test to narrow down what the problem is.) I've not tried 1.03; I just tried flashing, but apparantly the only floppy I have to hand has died. However, I've been running 1.02 for months without problems. The only SATA issues I've encountered are non-functional hot-plug and the usual 4GB+/multiple drives lockup, which I "solved" by using a LSI MegaRAID for 6 of the 8 drives. This is using the same SATA firmware as 1.03 according to the changelog on http://www.tyan.com/support/html/b_s2895.html so I doubt it's that. -- Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst http://hur.st/
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