From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 4 16:32:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB38116A4CE; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:32:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from erg.verweg.com (erg.verweg.com [217.77.141.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1359D43D5C; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:32:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stephanb@whacky.net) Received: from [192.168.1.104] (152.14.static.dsl.luna.net [217.77.152.14]) (authenticated bits=0) by erg.verweg.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i64GWkWs097757 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 18:32:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stephanb@whacky.net) X-Authentication-Warning: erg.verweg.com: Host 152.14.static.dsl.luna.net [217.77.152.14] claimed to be [192.168.1.104] Message-ID: <40E8311F.9060100@whacky.net> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 18:32:31 +0200 From: Stephan van Beerschoten User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040703) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: newbie@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on erg.verweg.com Subject: newbie to hw raid and lvm X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:32:52 -0000 Hi all, I jus this morning installed a new copy of -current onto a desktop platform with a raidcontroller on its motherboard. It is a promise controller and it works. However, I wonder now if there is such a thing as a LVM for FreeBSD ? Vinum, I noticed, cannot help me with this, but having a blob of 160GB (2x 160gb mirrored) would be a lot more helpfull if I could put so-called softpartitions on top of it. Much like what I'm used to on the Solaris platform that allows me on-the-fly creations and resizes of volumes. Also, I noticed the kernel recognized each individual disk which is part of my mirror. Is it possible to do anything with the raid configuration from a userland perspective or is this information given only because the kernel happends to be able to register it, but one cannot actually DO anything with this information ? /Stephan From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 4 16:39:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00F3916A4CE; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:39:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from erg.verweg.com (erg.verweg.com [217.77.141.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF6A43D31; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:39:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stephanb@whacky.net) Received: from [192.168.1.104] (152.14.static.dsl.luna.net [217.77.152.14]) (authenticated bits=0) by erg.verweg.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i64GdOjV098006 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 18:39:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stephanb@whacky.net) X-Authentication-Warning: erg.verweg.com: Host 152.14.static.dsl.luna.net [217.77.152.14] claimed to be [192.168.1.104] Message-ID: <40E832AD.4080304@whacky.net> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 18:39:09 +0200 From: Stephan van Beerschoten User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040703) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephan van Beerschoten References: <40E8311F.9060100@whacky.net> In-Reply-To: <40E8311F.9060100@whacky.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on erg.verweg.com cc: newbie@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie to hw raid and lvm X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:39:30 -0000 Stephan van Beerschoten wrote: > Hi all, > > I jus this morning installed a new copy of -current onto a desktop > platform with a raidcontroller on its motherboard. > It is a promise controller and it works. > > However, I wonder now if there is such a thing as a LVM for FreeBSD ? > Vinum, I noticed, cannot help me with this, but having a blob of 160GB > (2x 160gb mirrored) would be a lot more helpfull if I could put > so-called softpartitions on top of it. Much like what I'm used to on > the Solaris platform that allows me on-the-fly creations and resizes > of volumes. > > Also, I noticed the kernel recognized each individual disk which is > part of my mirror. Is it possible to do anything with the raid > configuration from a userland perspective or is this information given > only because the kernel happends to be able to register it, but one > cannot actually DO anything with this information ? I forgot to include one other thing I wondered about. After I installed the base OS, I wanted to 'test' the mirror so I unplugged the power to one of the disks. The result was FreeBSD panicing, which was not what I expected to see. This was still with 5.2.1 (I'm now up to par with -CURRENT). I would assume the system would continue utilizing the one existend disk, specially after FreeBSD _knows_ the configuration of the raid array. Any comments for this disillusioned raid newbie ? /Stephan From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 05:29:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AF6D16A4CE; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 05:29:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vanadium.mailguard.com.au (vanadium.mailguard.com.au [66.235.184.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92D5B43D2D; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 05:29:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from css@flick.com.au) Received: from localhost (vanadium.mailguard.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by vanadium.mailguard.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36330200177; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 15:29:12 +1000 (EST) Received: from benton.flick.com.au (unknown [61.88.3.81]) by vanadium.mailguard.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADDB720016D; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 15:29:09 +1000 (EST) Received: from adric.flick.com.au (adric.flick.com.au [192.1.1.32]) by benton.flick.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 196F278D4C; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 15:29:08 +1000 (EST) Received: from romana (romana.flick.com.au [192.1.1.35]) by adric.flick.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1373AC005; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 15:29:08 +1000 (EST) From: "Christopher Smith" To: Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 15:29:08 +1000 Organization: WA Flick & Co. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcRiUP5w5PW2+0IlRByJ9FlkjKlzPg== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.132 Message-Id: <20040705052908.1373AC005@adric.flick.com.au> X-MailGuard-ID: 40e8e7260f3331 X-Filtered: by MailGuard - visit http://www.mailguard.com.au cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Weird memory detection problem on Compaq M700 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 05:29:16 -0000 Apologies for the cross-post - this is mainly a hardware problem, but I've thrown it into -questions as well in case someone has already seen and fixed this issue. I have a Compaq Armada M700 that I used for a firewall. I've recently upgraded the memory in it to 320MB (64MB onboard + 256MB). The machine detects the memory fine. The FreeBSD bootloader detects the memory fine. However, when the kernel boots it only detects 64MB. What's weird, is that if I stick in a 128MB memory module then the kernel detects the full amount (192MB) fine. I realise I can use "options MAXMEM" to manually specify the amount of RAM in the machine, but it just struck me as rather strange that it detects 192MB fine but not 320MB (particularly since the bootloader sees it all). This is with FreeBSD 5.2.1. I've not tried it with 4.x. Has anyone else encountered this problem (and maybe fixed it) ? -- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | Chris Smith | Flick Pest Control | | Systems Administrator | Suite G4, Zenith Data Centre | | p: +61 2 9495 9633 | 821-843 Pacific Highway | | f: +61 2 9495 9688 | Chatswood, NSW 2067 | | e: css@flick.com.au | Australia | +------------------------------------------------------+ -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/mg From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 06:57:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE67C16A4CE; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 06:57:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from niked.office.suresupport.com (niked.office.suresupport.com [213.145.98.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA5143D5C; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 06:56:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nike_d@cytexbg.com) Received: from niked.office.suresupport.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i656ulXg085889; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 09:56:51 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from nike_d@cytexbg.com) References: <40E8311F.9060100@whacky.net> Message-ID: X-Mailer: http://www.courier-mta.org/cone/ From: Niki Denev To: Stephan van Beerschoten Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 09:56:47 +0300 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=_mimegpg-niked.office.suresupport.com-85592-1089010607-0001"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" cc: newbie@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie to hw raid and lvm X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 06:57:00 -0000 This is a MIME GnuPG-signed message. If you see this text, it means that your E-mail or Usenet software does not support MIME signed messages. --=_mimegpg-niked.office.suresupport.com-85592-1089010607-0001 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Stephan van Beerschoten writes: > .................................................................... > Also, I noticed the kernel recognized each individual disk which is part > of my mirror. Is it possible to do anything with the raid configuration > from a userland perspective or is this information given only because > the kernel happends to be able to register it, but one cannot actually > DO anything with this information ? > > /Stephan > You may try atacontrol(8), it allows you to create/delete/rebuild raid arrays on some controllers. I think it will work on your Promise. As for the information about the individual disks, i personally use it for S.M.A.R.T. monitoring on each disk with 'smartmontools' from ports. -- Regards, Niki Denev --=_mimegpg-niked.office.suresupport.com-85592-1089010607-0001 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBA6PuvHNAJ/fLbfrkRAuKCAJ4921/+cQeSztArxuN01DcMJsvTgwCfRu7t WNxWdswem/5XxqVjcfP9tJQ= =oSY6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_mimegpg-niked.office.suresupport.com-85592-1089010607-0001-- From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 11:11:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0D2F16A57D for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:11:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (imap.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC46C43D2D for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:11:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ph.schulz@gmx.de) Received: (qmail 25512 invoked by uid 65534); 5 Jul 2004 11:11:10 -0000 Received: from p5090C118.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.de) (80.144.193.24) by mail.gmx.net (mp010) with SMTP; 05 Jul 2004 13:11:10 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1954550 Message-ID: <40E93727.30702@gmx.de> Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 13:10:31 +0200 From: Phil Schulz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040520 X-Accept-Language: de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christopher Smith References: <20040705052908.1373AC005@adric.flick.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20040705052908.1373AC005@adric.flick.com.au> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird memory detection problem on Compaq M700 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 11:11:13 -0000 Christopher Smith wrote: [...] > I have a Compaq Armada M700 that I used for a firewall. I've recently > upgraded the memory in it to 320MB (64MB onboard + 256MB). The machine > detects the memory fine. The FreeBSD bootloader detects the memory fine. > However, when the kernel boots it only detects 64MB. I don't know if this is related but I'll post anyways hoping to help you. I have an older Armada laptop which has the same problem, however it's running OpenBSD. I remember reading that the BIOS of the laptop wouldn't announce the right amount of physical memory to the kernel. The solution (for OpenBSD) is to add a line that reads machine mem +0x1000000@0x1000000 to /etc/boot.conf - Note that this is for 32MB onboard + 32MB in the add. slot. [...] > > I realise I can use "options MAXMEM" to manually specify the amount of RAM > in the machine, but it just struck me as rather strange that it detects > 192MB fine but not 320MB (particularly since the bootloader sees it all). > Try it. See if it works. I think it's pretty much the same thing I did with my OpenBSD laptop. Regards, Phil. From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 6 07:04:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D315316A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 07:04:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from siudong.ath.cx (CPE0004ac237e6f-CM400048293705.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [24.101.231.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A74F243D48 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 07:04:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from necro@siudong.ath.cx) Received: from [192.168.0.88] (unknown [192.168.0.88]) by siudong.ath.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E24D24F for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 01:45:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <40EA3C27.9040704@siudong.ath.cx> Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 01:44:07 -0400 From: Johnny Wong User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040703 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: gravis usb gamepad pro X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 07:04:03 -0000 Hi all, How can I get my usb gravis gamepad pro to work in freebsd 4.9-release? I would like to use this game pad to play games in zsnes, xmame, dgen and more. Thanks in advance From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 7 04:04:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76C9316A4CE for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 04:04:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A81843D31 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 04:04:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jason@ec.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (cpe-024-211-230-171.ec.rr.com [24.211.230.171])i67445iA014742; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 00:04:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <40EB7800.9060104@ec.rr.com> Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:11:44 -0400 From: jason User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (X11/20040617) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johnny Wong References: <40EA3C27.9040704@siudong.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <40EA3C27.9040704@siudong.ath.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gravis usb gamepad pro X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 04:04:08 -0000 Johnny Wong wrote: > Hi all, > How can I get my usb gravis gamepad pro to work in freebsd > 4.9-release? I would like to use this game pad to play games in zsnes, > xmame, dgen and more. > Thanks in advance > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I have had the same question and have found some answers, but not what I wanted. Check out man uhid and usbhidctl. You can do any system command do can do in the shell, like changing volume with your game pad. I have not found a way to do a keyboardmap like you can do so easy in linux and windows. Your best hope would be good sdl or pad support in the app you are running. If you find out more, or get some mapper app, please let me know. I wish there was a way to have freebsd treat a pad as a keyboard or something. Jason From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 9 16:05:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B43A516A4CE for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:05:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.bingo-ev.de (mail.bingo-ev.de [62.245.214.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A85DD43D4C for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:05:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ar100@bingo-ev.de) Received: by mail.bingo-ev.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4765B1703F; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:05:03 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:05:03 +0200 From: Anton Roeckseisen To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040709160503.GB99963@bingo-ev.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Subject: Access bios functions - int13 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:05:07 -0000 Hi, Does anyone have some example code how to access a disk via bios int13 in a running kernel? For just for fun I want to access a SCSI-Disk via BIOS.... Thanks for any hint or pointer! Google didn't show any useful link..... but what I want to do ist possible, isn't it? Thanks, Anton