Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:05:35 +0100 From: "Blue Mambo" <info@bluemambo.ch> To: <freebsd-smp@freebsd.org> Subject: AW: FreeBSD 5.3-SMP/IRQ problems (again) Message-ID: <20050117180532.D599B1DD@mail.whitecube.ch> In-Reply-To: <71F0D3ED-689E-11D9-BF7D-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com>
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Hello I`v got a dual xeon Server (2x2.4GHZ), 2 GB RAM and an Adaptec 29160N = and that all on a Asus Server Board. With FreeBSD 4.11 Stable it won`t work anymore. If the kernel wants to = start up the SCSI device, he crash`s.=20 I read on the mailinglists that some other people have the same problem. = A help could be to dissable the USB support of the OS but in my case, = the Problem will still be there. I`he also dissabled the HT Support of the mainboard, but it still = doesent work. Maybee someone could help me...=20 Nice Evening Andreas -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- Von: owner-freebsd-smp@freebsd.org = [mailto:owner-freebsd-smp@freebsd.org] Im Auftrag von Lucas Holt Gesendet: Montag, 17. Januar 2005 16:43 An: O. Hartmann Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Betreff: RE: FreeBSD 5.3-SMP/IRQ problems (again) On Jan 17, 2005, at 6:01 AM, O. Hartmann wrote: > Dear Sirs. > > I reported very strange behaviours of FreeBSD 5.3 on a suspicous=20 > hardware platform of mine and now I would like to repeat this and hope = > someone can offer me some help. The reason why I repeat this suspected = > bug is because I do not really beliefe in a hardware fault due to some = > very strange behaviours of FreeBSD 5.3 on this box. > After reading your post, I find it rather odd that you do not suspect=20 hardware problems at least with compatibility with your hardware. I=20 have a Dell Precision 650 dual xeon 2.0 ghz system with an onboard=20 version of your Intel NIC. The network driver has known issues and=20 takes a very long time to negotiate the speed at which it operates. =20 Most of the time my system is almost completely booted before the NIC=20 interface is up. Aside from that issue, my system behaves normally and=20 seems very stable. I am using FreeBSD 5.3 Release P5. I've had problems with several asus motherboards in the past. I used=20 to love them, but after I built a 733mhz P3 system for a friend, i soon=20 realized that their bioses were not good. I believe the decline=20 occured when they switched to "soft bios" instead of jumpers. (I miss=20 jumpers!) Seriously, the system had problems with video and sound=20 cards in WINDOWS depending on the slot they were placed in. Its the=20 same problem you describe only in windows from a mobo thats probably=20 from about the same time period. The 733 was one of the lowest chips=20 that would go in the board at the time. In addition, i've had problems=20 with FreeBSD 5.2.1 with patchlevel greater than I think 4 but below 5.3=20 release on an asus nforce2 AMD Athelon XP 2000+ based system. My point is that not all freebsd SMP systems have problems, so its not=20 a global fault in the OS as your post may suggest. (note: i have=20 hyperthreading disabled on my system) Also, ASUS boards are known to=20 have problems. I asked about my reboot problem on freebsd-questions at=20 the time and I was told many horror stories about asus boards and non=20 windows/linux oses. Finally, I'd like to ask why you are running stable? Did someone=20 suggest that you upgrade to stable to try to resolve an issue? Stable=20 occasionally has new features or changes that are not tested=20 thoroughly. It might be more reliable with 5.3 Release P(whatever). I'll close with a summary of the hardware in my system which is known=20 to work in 5.3 release. Dual Xeon 2.0 ghz (dual cpu working great, no HTT) 1 gig ecc memory Intel gigabit nic onboard using em0 driver (slow to negotiate speed,=20 fine afterword unless i'm stress testing) Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer ATI AIW Radeon 9600 XT (2d acceleration only since dri isn't supported=20 on this one) AGP 8x ATA100 IDE disks using onboard IDE controller DVD reader, cd burner firewire 400, USB 2/1.1 ports I have the onboard sound, onboard LSI scsi ultra 320, serial ports, and=20 paralell port disabled to make windows happy. :) Also, I have gentoo installed and quite frankly its very slow! Its=20 running on the 2.6.9 linux kernel w/ smp enabled. If only I didn't=20 need it for my CS class, i'd be running 6 current too :) (i'm not subscribed to the stable mailing list, but am on SMP) Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) FoolishGames.net (Enemy Territory IoM site) _______________________________________________ freebsd-smp@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-smp To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-smp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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