From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 04:24:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0D2C1065670 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 04:24:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from randy@psg.com) Received: from rip.psg.com (rip.psg.com [IPv6:2001:418:1::39]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA9848FC18 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 04:24:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from randy@psg.com) Received: from 50.216.138.210.bn.2iij.net ([210.138.216.50] helo=rmac.psg.com) by rip.psg.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KQaZa-000Goj-3A for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:24:30 +0000 Message-ID: <4899277C.6080101@psg.com> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:24:28 +0900 From: Randy Bush User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Hardwhere X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: controller reccos for -current X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:24:30 -0000 what 10ge will i just love on -current? cx4gb is cheap and on mobos. and the most reliable dumb sata controllers that i will love with zfs? hd controllers are way too sneaky for me to sort out. and i am betting 20tb on this. randy From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 10:58:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB8621065679 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:58:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schrodyn@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 959088FC0A for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:58:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schrodyn@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p76so1565304pyb.10 for ; Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:58:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=rO6TE9kWrEKD2bQNmH/LBpwHaY55xtiGQTk4NB5pMc8=; b=uyprDzNJuRfTik5DHH6UhcBpA+qpWqG6DgPfr9yb5RjbZwys2w7Iq5g9K0yA40Ajek d71PE00CbD9PIzZCen5cTmIcNEhiE6Sts1EIULM8QyWd7zkf/BtBHK1l83vFGrDpL1Lk JmsVrhNVqBeyn+yLIPapTz9KBK53idmF2xePM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=vTuf8fPeu191liU27FJ4rXZDPLagrdEUmMxx3Gj3/XQK3336GZVu/U0pFl6Q0pZuuj 1DVCHdrIwwzERl1A5TrxhaOuzXfTzV00683lKMcw/20+YXLrN0LP0vVHZiv5BOdfbFp7 1EnFGxSYCF8+vJoIOrOH9MJYQZRSUcmsi8OcI= Received: by 10.65.253.15 with SMTP id f15mr295188qbs.23.1218018724349; Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:32:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.216.13 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 03:32:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <96fc7ef50808060332r57d182c5s5f4f1f81a51ded9e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:32:03 +0100 From: "schrodyn schrodinger" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Alfa USB AWUS036H X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:58:22 -0000 Hi all, Has anyone here used the Alfa USB AWUS036H 500mW wireless adaptor? I'm looking to know if it is at all supported by FreeBSD or if anyone is developing a driver for this card? There are Linux drivers which work fine for me with Debian but this card is the only device I own not suported by FreeBSD and it's somewhat annoying. Being a great card with lovely range I'm frustrated that it doesn't seem to be supported. If anyone is developing a driver for this I'd be more than happy to test with my adaptors. TIA, Conor. 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X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:24:31 -0000 resending this to the FreeBSD hardware mailing list. hope to receive a favorable response from you all. other ways to solve the problem are highly appreciated. Thanks! ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Won De Erick To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 11:53:31 AM Subject: How to reset the OS Watchdog timer in IBM x343? Hello, I have been searching the internet as to how to enable the OS watchdog timer mechanism in IBM x343. I tried setting the watchdog timer at the BIOS utility, and what I wanted to know is how to reset the timer so as not to reboot the system during normal operation. The box is run by FreeBSD 6.2, and I can't just use the IBM director and/or the IBM director client as basically, it won't run on the said OS. Adding out-band management card will also not help as basically the box doesn't support such. I've learned that the built-in service processor can be accessed using the SMbus driver, but said driver is only for Windows/Linux. However, there should be a way how to access/control the watchdog timer either by using a BIOS interrupt call or a service. I need to send a heartbeat to the watchdog to continuously reset the timer. 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Sales Engineer Erkan AYMAN eayman@tecodryer.com From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 18:26:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B644A1065783 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:26:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from underligast@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f24.google.com (mail-gx0-f24.google.com [209.85.217.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B55B8FC12 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:26:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from underligast@gmail.com) Received: by gxk5 with SMTP id 5so5578804gxk.19 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:26:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=6iH0hXi3Em57H7QGYuSPs1wmj9oi9erCMG+zw18OogE=; b=UeDFW8nrp6ZooaY5+8SfvMtkowB8BSgflB1iJGdZUc7EccvjI3H6vqnIxx1IHWfgf3 QofP1V6UgK7X50ClfGyLmx0wHlAUcsbfYsZPiAKNPmtz7lGWpH94Ujqf/Aj2AfqgR+et TVw6gXKgdPgJozTluZBh1NEYpExogHeJ9kSxw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=IIdi8g+1ZwC/9XTFTP9PBPsmkay6ObI78OIMPClkoiwAB4a5EQnfMADBgiEMFv+Jd9 QL7I9AODU4Qa7YR0O2EkWIj57/2YGhHpLCIbkzo4fIKoJMk8g4bUzfb8nQMKyaO82q9z 7eeILSSGuFJHA/4w22LjJ3ET1ePY+MjsorClo= Received: by 10.142.11.2 with SMTP id 2mr581159wfk.29.1218132747203; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:12:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.11.16 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:12:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:12:27 +0200 From: underligast To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop - Need help booting recompiled kernel so i can install X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:26:38 -0000 I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on my IBM eServer x225 (8647-5CG) (1x Xeon 2.8GHz(512KB), 2x 2048MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (ecc), 2x 74GB 10K rpm U320 HDD, Ultra320 SCSI LSI 1030 controller, 48x CD-ROM, Broadcom NetXtreme 10/100/1000 Integrated Ethernet, ATI Rage XL) The server/drives runs fine under windows 2003 and ubuntu server but the FreeBSD installation just halts. I've tried: CD: disk1 from 6.2, 7.0, CD: bootonly from 7.0-stable, 8.0-current Floppys: 7.0 They all end the same, cds with an infinite loop of numbers, floppys with BTX Halted and a lot of numbers. int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00010006 eip=000219b2 eax=000219ac ebx=00000000 ecx=c0000080 edx=000587d8 esi=0003e007 edi=00000000 ebp=0008fcbc esp=00099c88 cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 cs:eip=0f 32 0d 00 01 00 00 0f-30 0f 20 e0 83 c8 30 0f 22 e0 b8 00 c0 03 00 0f-22 d8 0f 20 c0 0d 00 00 ss:esp=90 95 00 00 00 80 fc 00-00 90 fc 00 07 e0 03 00 00 00 00 00 07 d0 03 00-00 00 00 00 cc 87 05 00 BTX halted The only difference is when i boot from 7.0-STABLE-200804-i386-bootonly.iso, or 8.0-CURRENT-200807-i386-bootonly.iso, then i see BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive A: is disk0 Then it stops. If i remove both the harddrives i can boot into the freebsd installer, but as there are no drives, there is nowhere to install. Atleast when i started with the floppys it detected drive1 and 2 before BTX halted.. I asked on questions@ and i was suggested to compile and boot a different kernel on the machine. There are three ways for me to do this, there are IDE-slots in it so i can probably find an old IDE drive somewhere and install. I have access to a rocketraid pci-x card for sata drives (might add yet another problem to the machine) or i can do it with a usb-attached sata/ide drive. I'm guessing the straight IDE approach is the best. What i need to know is how to compile a different kernel, where do i find drivers for the LSI 1030 SCSI-controller? What i see in the old kernel.conf for freebsd 6.0 (or is it 6.2) contains device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS I have no idea what they are but SAS is serial attached sata isn't it? And if they're uncommented it should mean that they're active and that they're most likely actually already running in the kernel i'm trying to boot from the installation cd? Can i get other drivers/modules or whatever they're called? When i've compiled the new kernel, how do i transfer it to a cd so i can boot the installation with it? I hope i make any sense with my questions. Thanks in advance :) From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 19:44:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2341065674 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:44:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com) Received: from parsely.rain.com (parsely.rain.com [199.26.172.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DFBA8FC25 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:44:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com) Received: from sopwith.solgatos.com (uucp@localhost) by parsely.rain.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) with UUCP id m77JiW318681; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:44:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com) Received: from localhost by sopwith.solgatos.com (8.8.8/6.24) id TAA13102; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:43:02 GMT Message-Id: <200808071943.TAA13102@sopwith.solgatos.com> To: underligast In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:12:27 +0200." <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:43:02 +0100 From: Dieter Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop - Need help booting recompiled kernel so i can install X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:44:37 -0000 > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on my IBM eServer x225 (8647-5CG) > (1x Xeon 2.8GHz(512KB), 2x 2048MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (ecc), 2x 74GB 10K rpm > U320 HDD, Ultra320 SCSI LSI 1030 controller, 48x CD-ROM, Broadcom NetXtreme > 10/100/1000 Integrated Ethernet, ATI Rage XL) > Then it stops. > If i remove both the harddrives i can boot into the freebsd installer, > but as there are no drives, there is nowhere to install. > What i need to know is how to compile a different kernel, where do i find > drivers for the LSI 1030 SCSI-controller? What i see in the old kernel.conf > for freebsd 6.0 (or is it 6.2) contains > device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion > device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS If disconnecting the SCSI drives fixes the problem, I'd guess that you already have a device driver for the SCSI-controller, but it has a problem. You can look into debugging the driver, or you can use a different controller (e.g. PATA/SATA/Firewire/USB or a different SCSI controller) Is 1030 short for 53c1030 ? The 7.0 mpt(4) man page lists "LSI Logic 53c1030, LSI Logic LSI2x320-X (Single and Dual Ultra320 SCSI)" as being supported. > I have no idea what they are but SAS is serial attached sata isn't it? serial attached scsi > And > if they're uncommented it should mean that they're active and that they're > most likely actually already running in the kernel i'm trying to boot from > the installation cd? yes > Can i get other drivers/modules or whatever they're > called? You can uncomment additional drivers and build a new kernel. Or you can load additional drivers after booting with the kldload(8) command (man kldload). Obviously kldload is not useful for drivers that are needed to boot. But if you install to SATA (or whatever), you could boot from SATA and then kldload a custom driver for the LSI 1030 with extra debugging printfs. From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 20:14:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7230F1065686 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:14:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hardware@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F648FC1F for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:14:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hardware@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KRBsB-0005RM-On for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:14:12 +0000 Received: from 78-0-64-5.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.0.64.5]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:14:11 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 78-0-64-5.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:14:11 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:13:51 +0200 Lines: 95 Message-ID: References: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig8AD212F788833C09E7ECAEE1" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-0-64-5.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) In-Reply-To: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Sender: news Subject: Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop - Need help booting recompiled kernel so i can install X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:14:14 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig8AD212F788833C09E7ECAEE1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable underligast wrote: > I've tried: > CD: disk1 from 6.2, 7.0, > CD: bootonly from 7.0-stable, 8.0-current > Floppys: 7.0 >=20 > They all end the same, cds with an infinite loop of numbers, floppys wi= th > BTX Halted and a lot of numbers. >=20 > int=3D0000000d err=3D00000000 efl=3D00010006 eip=3D000219b2 > eax=3D000219ac ebx=3D00000000 ecx=3Dc0000080 edx=3D000587d8 > esi=3D0003e007 edi=3D00000000 ebp=3D0008fcbc esp=3D00099c88 > cs=3D0008 ds=3D0010 es=3D0010 fs=3D0010 gs=3D0010 ss=3D0010 > cs:eip=3D0f 32 0d 00 01 00 00 0f-30 0f 20 e0 83 c8 30 0f > 22 e0 b8 00 c0 03 00 0f-22 d8 0f 20 c0 0d 00 00 > ss:esp=3D90 95 00 00 00 80 fc 00-00 90 fc 00 07 e0 03 00 > 00 00 00 00 07 d0 03 00-00 00 00 00 cc 87 05 00 > BTX halted >=20 > The only difference is when i boot from 7.0-STABLE-200804-i386-bootonly= =2Eiso, > or 8.0-CURRENT-200807-i386-bootonly.iso, then i see >=20 > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 > Consoles: internal video/keyboard > BIOS CD is cd0 > BIOS drive A: is disk0 >=20 > Then it stops. > If i remove both the harddrives i can boot into the freebsd installer, > but as there are no drives, there is nowhere to install. Did you clear the configuration of the RAID controller? Is there a way=20 you can completely reset it? Can you blank the drives? > What i need to know is how to compile a different kernel, where do i fi= nd > drivers for the LSI 1030 SCSI-controller? What i see in the old kernel.= conf > for freebsd 6.0 (or is it 6.2) contains > device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion > device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS Looking at the source, it seems LSI 1030 is supported by the mpt driver=20 so it should work. Since you have problems with the boot loader, maybe=20 it won't help to build another kernel. A wild guess could be that there's something on the RAID volume that's=20 keeping the boot loader from working. Maybe the partition table is wrong = in a subtle way? If you can get the RAID array to work *after* you boot=20 from a FreeBSD installation CD (i.e. boot the machine without the=20 drives, add drives later), try clearing the first megabyte of the array=20 (dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/yourdrive bs=3D1m count=3D1). > I have no idea what they are but SAS is serial attached sata isn't it? = And > if they're uncommented it should mean that they're active and that they= 're > most likely actually already running in the kernel i'm trying to boot f= rom > the installation cd? Can i get other drivers/modules or whatever they'r= e > called? >=20 > When i've compiled the new kernel, how do i transfer it to a cd so i ca= n > boot the installation with it? You need to create a bootable CD, at least. Google around, there are=20 several tutorials. --------------enig8AD212F788833C09E7ECAEE1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIm1eFldnAQVacBcgRAofbAKCrTeFtjhH9hGVqAYwoV+EfN319jgCdHUMA YJF9RCXqdsLgWhJ6V+fx10U= =MjZq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig8AD212F788833C09E7ECAEE1-- From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 21:45:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E534F106566B for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:45:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from whizzter@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D3F78FC14 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:45:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from whizzter@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i2so527766mue.3 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:44:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=rt6jidz/HNy2CYwlLFwdXnWJXtrb2Hwv/UO0FlAUzTk=; b=AhpASO5RSmSLFUw4gI1lB3N4CmLXp30HnN16jScbyYIGIReDwSpftX3WvH+Hg/QXbd jGgL1/EAMyCTBpmrTsCnSL7euOcEERCsKp2Ice97d9SoC0NeASDkmQ1jjXjRwCkjruo+ RLi8gS9oohsh7zPPRyiEDlPiNaVW7BI9a8r84= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=rr34LFgNaqeo9upw0t9ksj/QASgxhxoNlSCGBt3yhFx+WbEIZOHaDnQ3OoCDhLHpBV CPzu/S5YeRUbPmVz2eMYGkl0QfK8sFyid5hs84tdrN5UOWCY6oOCxj7HN+E1/hFTEXaA mQsZjt5weH9jWgCfSve+ugokFBMQw0+tdIeJ4= Received: by 10.103.248.17 with SMTP id a17mr2532790mus.63.1218145498946; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.103.207.13 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <436c7eda0808071444g889a3f2q4a81d75c0deee407@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 23:44:58 +0200 From: "Jonas Lund" To: underligast In-Reply-To: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop - Need help booting recompiled kernel so i can install X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:45:01 -0000 BTX is the "new" bootloader that works in 32bit (it's actually been in for a few releases now). So the kernel has nothing to do with this. I originally subscribed to this list for an almost identical problem. With my rocketraid somethingsomething PCI-SATA2 card with disks connected crashes the BTX loader. Connecting the disks to the internal via epia motherboard solved the problem (I'm using gmirror raid now as apperantly the rocketraid card was just some software thing anyhow). I have a feeling that it might be some combinations of BTX, BIOS and RAID firmware that causes these crashes. FreeBSD being a marginal OS the BTX code just has a chance of triggering odd corner case being a 32bit loader. I haven't kept up with linux but last i checked they use a 16bit bootloader unless the distro has migrated to grub. (Remembering correctly GRUB also crashed on my setup like btx). Never tried booting windows on my setup. / Jonas 2008/8/7 underligast : > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on my IBM eServer x225 (8647-5CG) > (1x Xeon 2.8GHz(512KB), 2x 2048MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (ecc), 2x 74GB 10K rpm > U320 HDD, Ultra320 SCSI LSI 1030 controller, 48x CD-ROM, Broadcom NetXtreme > 10/100/1000 Integrated Ethernet, ATI Rage XL) > > The server/drives runs fine under windows 2003 and ubuntu server but the > FreeBSD installation just halts. > > I've tried: > CD: disk1 from 6.2, 7.0, > CD: bootonly from 7.0-stable, 8.0-current > Floppys: 7.0 > > They all end the same, cds with an infinite loop of numbers, floppys with > BTX Halted and a lot of numbers. > > int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00010006 eip=000219b2 > eax=000219ac ebx=00000000 ecx=c0000080 edx=000587d8 > esi=0003e007 edi=00000000 ebp=0008fcbc esp=00099c88 > cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 > cs:eip=0f 32 0d 00 01 00 00 0f-30 0f 20 e0 83 c8 30 0f > 22 e0 b8 00 c0 03 00 0f-22 d8 0f 20 c0 0d 00 00 > ss:esp=90 95 00 00 00 80 fc 00-00 90 fc 00 07 e0 03 00 > 00 00 00 00 07 d0 03 00-00 00 00 00 cc 87 05 00 > BTX halted > > The only difference is when i boot from 7.0-STABLE-200804-i386-bootonly.iso, > or 8.0-CURRENT-200807-i386-bootonly.iso, then i see > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 > Consoles: internal video/keyboard > BIOS CD is cd0 > BIOS drive A: is disk0 > > Then it stops. > If i remove both the harddrives i can boot into the freebsd installer, > but as there are no drives, there is nowhere to install. > > Atleast when i started with the floppys it detected drive1 and 2 before BTX > halted.. > I asked on questions@ and i was suggested to compile and boot a different > kernel on the machine. > > There are three ways for me to do this, there are IDE-slots in it so i can > probably find an old IDE drive somewhere and install. I have access to a > rocketraid pci-x card for sata drives (might add yet another problem to the > machine) or i can do it with a usb-attached sata/ide drive. I'm guessing the > straight IDE approach is the best. > > What i need to know is how to compile a different kernel, where do i find > drivers for the LSI 1030 SCSI-controller? What i see in the old kernel.conf > for freebsd 6.0 (or is it 6.2) contains > device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion > device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS > > I have no idea what they are but SAS is serial attached sata isn't it? And > if they're uncommented it should mean that they're active and that they're > most likely actually already running in the kernel i'm trying to boot from > the installation cd? Can i get other drivers/modules or whatever they're > called? > > When i've compiled the new kernel, how do i transfer it to a cd so i can > boot the installation with it? > > I hope i make any sense with my questions. > > 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" > From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 03:56:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F16661065672; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 03:56:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2CDD8FC15; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 03:56:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BACC31CC0B5; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:56:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:56:19 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: underligast Message-ID: <20080808035619.GA73757@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: John Baldwin , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop - Need help booting recompiled kernel so i can install X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:56:20 -0000 On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 08:12:27PM +0200, underligast wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on my IBM eServer x225 (8647-5CG) > (1x Xeon 2.8GHz(512KB), 2x 2048MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (ecc), 2x 74GB 10K rpm > U320 HDD, Ultra320 SCSI LSI 1030 controller, 48x CD-ROM, Broadcom NetXtreme > 10/100/1000 Integrated Ethernet, ATI Rage XL) > > The server/drives runs fine under windows 2003 and ubuntu server but the > FreeBSD installation just halts. > > I've tried: > CD: disk1 from 6.2, 7.0, > CD: bootonly from 7.0-stable, 8.0-current > Floppys: 7.0 > > They all end the same, cds with an infinite loop of numbers, floppys with > BTX Halted and a lot of numbers. > > int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00010006 eip=000219b2 > eax=000219ac ebx=00000000 ecx=c0000080 edx=000587d8 > esi=0003e007 edi=00000000 ebp=0008fcbc esp=00099c88 > cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 > cs:eip=0f 32 0d 00 01 00 00 0f-30 0f 20 e0 83 c8 30 0f > 22 e0 b8 00 c0 03 00 0f-22 d8 0f 20 c0 0d 00 00 > ss:esp=90 95 00 00 00 80 fc 00-00 90 fc 00 07 e0 03 00 > 00 00 00 00 07 d0 03 00-00 00 00 00 cc 87 05 00 > BTX halted > > The only difference is when i boot from 7.0-STABLE-200804-i386-bootonly.iso, > or 8.0-CURRENT-200807-i386-bootonly.iso, then i see > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 > Consoles: internal video/keyboard > BIOS CD is cd0 > BIOS drive A: is disk0 > > Then it stops. > If i remove both the harddrives i can boot into the freebsd installer, > but as there are no drives, there is nowhere to install. > > Atleast when i started with the floppys it detected drive1 and 2 before BTX > halted.. > I asked on questions@ and i was suggested to compile and boot a different > kernel on the machine. > > There are three ways for me to do this, there are IDE-slots in it so i can > probably find an old IDE drive somewhere and install. I have access to a > rocketraid pci-x card for sata drives (might add yet another problem to the > machine) or i can do it with a usb-attached sata/ide drive. I'm guessing the > straight IDE approach is the best. > > What i need to know is how to compile a different kernel, where do i find > drivers for the LSI 1030 SCSI-controller? What i see in the old kernel.conf > for freebsd 6.0 (or is it 6.2) contains > device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion > device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS > > I have no idea what they are but SAS is serial attached sata isn't it? And > if they're uncommented it should mean that they're active and that they're > most likely actually already running in the kernel i'm trying to boot from > the installation cd? Can i get other drivers/modules or whatever they're > called? > > When i've compiled the new kernel, how do i transfer it to a cd so i can > boot the installation with it? > > I hope i make any sense with my questions. > > Thanks in advance :) CC'ing John Baldwin on this, as he has knowledge of BTX's internals. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 03:58:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2B92106567A for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 03:58:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F9048FC18 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 03:58:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7C3611CC0B7; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:58:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:58:24 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Jonas Lund Message-ID: <20080808035824.GB73757@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> <436c7eda0808071444g889a3f2q4a81d75c0deee407@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <436c7eda0808071444g889a3f2q4a81d75c0deee407@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: underligast , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop - Need help booting recompiled kernel so i can install X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:58:24 -0000 On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 11:44:58PM +0200, Jonas Lund wrote: > BTX is the "new" bootloader that works in 32bit (it's actually been in > for a few releases now). So the kernel has nothing to do with this. > > I originally subscribed to this list for an almost identical problem. > With my rocketraid somethingsomething PCI-SATA2 card with disks > connected crashes the BTX loader. Connecting the disks to the internal > via epia motherboard solved the problem (I'm using gmirror raid now as > apperantly the rocketraid card was just some software thing anyhow). > > I have a feeling that it might be some combinations of BTX, BIOS and > RAID firmware that causes these crashes. FreeBSD being a marginal OS > the BTX code just has a chance of triggering odd corner case being a > 32bit loader. > > I haven't kept up with linux but last i checked they use a 16bit > bootloader unless the distro has migrated to grub. (Remembering > correctly GRUB also crashed on my setup like btx). > Never tried booting windows on my setup. Please be aware of the following CVS commit, which was 4 months ago (look at the top 3 commits shown, for RELENG_[467] branches): http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/boot/i386/btx/btx/Makefile -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 13:51:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA08E1065679 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 13:51:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (bigknife-pt.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:75::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6788C8FC13 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 13:51:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (zion.baldwin.cx [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:75:2a0:d2ff:fe18:8b38]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m78DpEPF028687; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:51:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:47:35 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808080947.35239.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:75::1]); Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:51:14 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.1/7977/Fri Aug 8 06:35:06 2008 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: underligast Subject: Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop - Need help booting recompiled kernel so i can install X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:51:22 -0000 On Thursday 07 August 2008 02:12:27 pm underligast wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on my IBM eServer x225 (8647-5CG) > (1x Xeon 2.8GHz(512KB), 2x 2048MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (ecc), 2x 74GB 10K rpm > U320 HDD, Ultra320 SCSI LSI 1030 controller, 48x CD-ROM, Broadcom NetXtreme > 10/100/1000 Integrated Ethernet, ATI Rage XL) > > The server/drives runs fine under windows 2003 and ubuntu server but the > FreeBSD installation just halts. > > I've tried: > CD: disk1 from 6.2, 7.0, > CD: bootonly from 7.0-stable, 8.0-current > Floppys: 7.0 > > They all end the same, cds with an infinite loop of numbers, floppys with > BTX Halted and a lot of numbers. > > int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00010006 eip=000219b2 > eax=000219ac ebx=00000000 ecx=c0000080 edx=000587d8 > esi=0003e007 edi=00000000 ebp=0008fcbc esp=00099c88 > cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 > cs:eip=0f 32 0d 00 01 00 00 0f-30 0f 20 e0 83 c8 30 0f > 22 e0 b8 00 c0 03 00 0f-22 d8 0f 20 c0 0d 00 00 > ss:esp=90 95 00 00 00 80 fc 00-00 90 fc 00 07 e0 03 00 > 00 00 00 00 07 d0 03 00-00 00 00 00 cc 87 05 00 > BTX halted So here your BIOS is trying to read an MSR from the processor, but apparently an invalid MSR. Oh, it's reading EFER, and this is actually in the loader. When I've seen this in the past it was due to trying to boot FreeBSD/amd64 on a 32-bit CPU. Are you sure you are using i386 boot media rather than amd64? > The only difference is when i boot from > 7.0-STABLE-200804-i386-bootonly.iso, or > 8.0-CURRENT-200807-i386-bootonly.iso, then i see > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 > Consoles: internal video/keyboard > BIOS CD is cd0 > BIOS drive A: is disk0 > > Then it stops. Try to fetch 7.0-RELEASE i386 again and see if that works. Are you using a serial console when you see the hangs or a VGA console? -- John Baldwin From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 17:04:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F35106564A for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:04:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from whizzter@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F9788FC21 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:04:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from whizzter@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i2so875406mue.3 for ; Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:04:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=D46Zgu/GTwQ9GWC/Dtg/uNKmiM1CM6IxDPbsJ0crszQ=; b=tbSNQ3O2wRUyQcQyq0ZA4Ds03thCdqUlVQzJVux8EOoa6FrObOs8GWjbhMMHAWRv5/ VkyZGjfWZuFTugHA5tg6wHvET6dAXbxV1wm+/Mzy0sHIY0RJJMe+DLSevxSOSMHQmjXg HsFxZ1kVvbZVrMnR6jcJ3qsppQ+mCSmAQv9SA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=bEAtUDOs8xmX98L5X8suUbQY+vOVpYPybDt9S/XBQKBmDrOqIelXCgnDA0+mpOk6ze 0cx2oN89kLV1W/WaSaODV2+7z7F4ql4kC/EmtvFuXWvJ63BVboMC+IuMp9J7oF/IuZXE QogFnVlV4ZWZgcXAyjZYnO8EbprJAErKQmXAI= Received: by 10.103.247.14 with SMTP id z14mr3297615mur.39.1218215057085; Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:04:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.103.207.13 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:04:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <436c7eda0808081004j5e557f5ftc24b4356f8de4cf3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:04:16 +0200 From: "Jonas Lund" To: "John Baldwin" In-Reply-To: <200808080947.35239.jhb@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> <200808080947.35239.jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: underligast , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop - Need help booting recompiled kernel so i can install X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:04:18 -0000 (Copy of my old message from a few months ago is below the dotted line) The motherboard in my case is an EPIA EN12000EG The RR card is in a box now and i could send it somewhere if someone wants to experiment. The Motherboard is still in use tho. --------------------------------- The 6.2-Release-i386-bootonly.iso installer never gets past the BTX loader when the RocketRaid 1720 card is installed. Removing the card makes the boot process work. HighPoint claims compability with 6.x (6.2 is listed at their page) with a binary driver. However as the driver never has the chance to be loaded i have no idea. The error is the following. int=0000 000D err=0 efl=0003 0213 eip=0000 FFFF eax=0000 FFFF EBX=0000 0700 ecx=edx=0 esi=0000 03d8 edi=0000 ffd4 ebp=0000 FFFF esp=0000 ffd6 cs=d800 ds=es=9350 fs=gs=0 ss=9350 cs:eip = fffff ........... ffff (all fff...) ss:esp = ffff ........... ffff (as above) BTX HALTED From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 18:29:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ADAE106564A for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:29:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (bigknife-pt.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:75::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 158598FC19 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:29:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m78ITiqc030944; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:29:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: "Jonas Lund" Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:26:36 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <3424e810808071112m60682d82w341a19149460f0a2@mail.gmail.com> <200808080947.35239.jhb@freebsd.org> <436c7eda0808081004j5e557f5ftc24b4356f8de4cf3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <436c7eda0808081004j5e557f5ftc24b4356f8de4cf3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808081426.36579.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [IPv6:::1]); Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:29:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.1/7981/Fri Aug 8 11:29:53 2008 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: underligast , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM eServer x225 - LSI 1030 SCSI - BTX Halted / infinite loop - Need help booting recompiled kernel so i can install X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:29:51 -0000 On Friday 08 August 2008 01:04:16 pm Jonas Lund wrote: > (Copy of my old message from a few months ago is below the dotted line) > The motherboard in my case is an EPIA EN12000EG > The RR card is in a box now and i could send it somewhere if someone > wants to experiment. > The Motherboard is still in use tho. This is quite a different error. The recent changes to BTX may possible resolve this for you if the BIOS was buggy when called from vm86 mode. > --------------------------------- > The 6.2-Release-i386-bootonly.iso installer never gets past the BTX > loader when the RocketRaid 1720 card is installed. Removing the card > makes the boot process work. > > HighPoint claims compability with 6.x (6.2 is listed at their page) > with a binary driver. However as the driver never has the chance to be > loaded i have no idea. > > The error is the following. > > int=0000 000D err=0 efl=0003 0213 eip=0000 FFFF > eax=0000 FFFF EBX=0000 0700 ecx=edx=0 > esi=0000 03d8 edi=0000 ffd4 ebp=0000 FFFF esp=0000 ffd6 > cs=d800 ds=es=9350 fs=gs=0 ss=9350 > cs:eip = fffff ........... ffff (all fff...) > ss:esp = ffff ........... ffff (as above) > BTX HALTED > -- John Baldwin