From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 30 23:24:10 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8893C16A41F for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:24:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 255C443D46 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:24:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jAUNO9D2022054; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:24:09 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id jAUNO8ko022053; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:24:08 -0800 Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:24:08 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Doug White Message-ID: <20051130232408.GA21393@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20051130135930.O18370@carver.gumbysoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051130135930.O18370@carver.gumbysoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: Nils Berzins , stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble with amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:24:10 -0000 --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 02:05:55PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Nils Berzins wrote: >=20 > > Hi ! > > > > Few days ago I downloaded release 6.0 ISOs, in hope that I will finally= be > > able to run FreeBSD on my home computer. Unfortunately, booting from CD= dies > > with: > > > > > panic: sym: VTOBUS FAILED ! > > > > Is there something I can do to get around this error, or do I just wait= for > > more less stable 7.0 :-( >=20 > According to the code this panic occurs when there is a problem with the > DMA memory management. Typically we see this when the driver is not 64-bit > clean, but I'd find that hard to believe with amd64 since the same driver > runs on sparc64 fine (and must since many Sun machines have embedded sym > controllers). >=20 > Unfortunately it doesn't help that the sym driver has its own bizarre DMA > management. It uses busdma but its kinda bolted on over the old > memory-block management. Not going to make it any easier to debug. sym(4) devices don't work on amd64. I sent one to scottl a while ago, but the release has kept him busy. If someone else want's to take a shot at it, you can get LSI-Logic sym(4) cards for $40 or less if you get a minimal white box OEM card. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDjjSYXY6L6fI4GtQRAn8lAJ9rjr51gv6ngv3oBSZb2LvgjMtNYACfXkbU VrmmZ2d2YyYdRd1t1GnOHX8= =LZh9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL--