From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 14 22:08:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75BAE16A4CF for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:08:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 912CB43D39 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:08:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arno@heho.snv.jussieu.fr) Received: from heho.snv.jussieu.fr (heho.snv.jussieu.fr [134.157.184.22]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.12.11/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id i5EM86px066073 ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:08:07 +0200 (CEST) X-Ids: 166 Received: from heho.snv.jussieu.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i5EM85Mm085683 ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:08:05 +0200 (MEST) Received: (from arno@localhost) by heho.snv.jussieu.fr (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i5EM85BS085680; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:08:05 +0200 (MEST) (envelope-from arno) To: Stijn Hoop References: <40A43E86.6040504@sbcglobal.net> <200405250831.20795.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <40B3D034.1000308@sbcglobal.net> <200405261040.33384.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <40B5339F.7090709@sbcglobal.net> <20040527202315.L10115@gamplex.bde.org> <20040611222951.GA45873@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20040614084129.GG45873@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> From: "Arno J. Klaassen" Date: 15 Jun 2004 00:08:05 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20040614084129.GG45873@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> Message-ID: Lines: 57 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Miltered: at shiva.jussieu.fr with ID 40CE21C6.004 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Antivirus: scanned by sophie at shiva.jussieu.fr cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lockups X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:08:10 -0000 Hoi, > Hoi, [dutch by any chance? :)] ;) kind-of : European, originating from the Netherlands, that's what I start my presentations with right now (excusing my approximate french ..) > > > While -CURRENT at least boots (an older -CURRENT that I first tried to > > > install hung after determining the TSC), it still is unusable over the > > > network because the built-in xl0 keeps getting watchdog timeout's (it's > > > at irq20). > > > > I worked around this problem by assiging a free irq in the BIOS > > (MB A7N266, not a A7N8, dunno if the A7N8 BIOS gives you > > this possibility) > > Unfortunately, no. Disabling device apic in my custom kernel works though > (because no devices get IRQs > 16 most probably). with or without APIC i got all devices at shared IRQ 5; that choke the xl driver (workaround : disabling 905B features) and gave me some minor problems with the ahc/sym driver (SCB timeout and then system locked for some 30 seconds). Assigning irq 10 to one an 11 to the other : like a charm. > > > Disabling the APIC in the BIOS works around the problem (ACPI still > > > enabled), but unfortunately Windows won't boot in that case :/ > > > > xl0 is rock-solid since with APIC and ACPI enabled > > My guess is that the problem lies somewhere in the IRQ > 16 part of the > equation. beyond my competences, anyway, a A7N266 does not allow me to assigen IRQ > 15 > > NB-II, for Windows I use Samba and whatever I find a PC thrown on the street; > > but then, I dont like computer games ... > > But I do! :) no hard feelings, I like foot (and Grolsch (tiens, long time since I didn't see that word on a freebsd mailing list ;) ) > I see your point, and I knew beforehand that buying into nvidia > stuff wasn't a smart thing to do when you want to run FreeBSD. So I wouldn't > even have bought an nForce mainboard in the first place, if it weren't for my > friend offering me this (used for 4 months) mainboard for 55 EUR, which is > about half the new price and still lots cheaper than a new non-nForce one... I bought a A7V8X for 69E (vat included) in France; against all expectations rock-stable and rapid with a couple of months old -current (though I do not have an A7[^V]8.* to compare with for scientific computations) ++, Arno