From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 05:22:44 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 10B0D16A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 05:22:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout1.pacific.net.au (mailout1.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B52E43D45 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 05:22:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anthony@carmoda.com) Received: from mailproxy1.pacific.net.au (mailproxy1.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.86])i2SDMg4u021302 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:22:42 +1000 Received: from carmoda3 (ppp1E95.dsl.pacific.net.au [203.143.244.149]) i2SDMfGP010281 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:22:41 +1000 Message-ID: <019001c414c8$ce2f2f30$0200a8c0@carmoda.homeunix.org> From: "Anthony Carmody" To: Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:30:15 +1000 Organization: Anthony Carmody Consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: IDE RAID X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Anthony Carmody List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 13:22:44 -0000 does anyone have any experience with onboard IDE RAID set-ups with freeBSD 5.X? my hardware vendor has an Intel mainboard with an on-board Promise* Technology SATA150TX4 4-Port Serial ATA RAID controller (PDC20319) i love to know if it'd work. Anthony. MSN : iamcarmoda@hotmail.com Jabber : carmoda@jabber.org ICQ# : 67950458 RLU# : 296625 Many people today live under democratic governments, and those who don't, probably want to. Democracy is an answer to the question of how to create leaders, while preventing them from abusing that power. It achieves this by giving the population the power to regulate their government through voting, yet the ability to vote does not necessarily mean that you live in a democratic country. For a population to regulate their government effectively it must know what their government is doing, they must be well informed. It is a feedback loop, but this loop can be broken if the government has the power to control the information the population has access to... [freenet.sourceforge.net] From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 05:24:41 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 0631116A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 05:24:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout1.pacific.net.au (mailout1.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7939143D46 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 05:24:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd.org@carmoda.com) Received: from mailproxy1.pacific.net.au (mailproxy1.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.86])i2SDOd4u021419 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:24:39 +1000 Received: from carmoda3 (ppp1E95.dsl.pacific.net.au [203.143.244.149]) i2SDOdGP010513 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:24:39 +1000 Message-ID: <01ad01c414c9$14311700$0200a8c0@carmoda.homeunix.org> From: "carmoda" To: Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:32:12 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: IDE RAID X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: carmoda List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 13:24:41 -0000 does anyone have any experience with onboard IDE RAID set-ups with freeBSD 5.X? my hardware vendor has an Intel mainboard with an on-board Promise* Technology SATA150TX4 4-Port Serial ATA RAID controller (PDC20319) i love to know if it'd work. Anthony. MSN : iamcarmoda@hotmail.com Jabber : carmoda@jabber.org ICQ# : 67950458 RLU# : 296625 Many people today live under democratic governments, and those who don't, probably want to. Democracy is an answer to the question of how to create leaders, while preventing them from abusing that power. It achieves this by giving the population the power to regulate their government through voting, yet the ability to vote does not necessarily mean that you live in a democratic country. For a population to regulate their government effectively it must know what their government is doing, they must be well informed. It is a feedback loop, but this loop can be broken if the government has the power to control the information the population has access to... [freenet.sourceforge.net] From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 05:30:07 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 5A98E16A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 05:30:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwd.res.lt (rwd.res.lt [213.226.180.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DB1B43D2D for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 05:30:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rwd@cabletv.lt) Received: by rwd.res.lt (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6462E57DD9; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:29:29 +0300 (EEST) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:29:29 +0300 From: Arturas Lapiene To: Anthony Carmody Message-ID: <20040328132928.GY10973@rwd.res.lt> References: <019001c414c8$ce2f2f30$0200a8c0@carmoda.homeunix.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <019001c414c8$ce2f2f30$0200a8c0@carmoda.homeunix.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: IDE RAID 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, 28 Mar 2004 13:30:07 -0000 On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 11:30:15PM +1000, Anthony Carmody wrote: > does anyone have any experience with onboard IDE RAID set-ups with > freeBSD 5.X? > my hardware vendor has an Intel mainboard with an on-board Promise* > Technology SATA150TX4 4-Port Serial ATA RAID controller (PDC20319) > i love to know if it'd work. I have about 10 servers with this controller, in my motherboards there is and intel sata controler (ICH5), with Promise freebsd works fine, but with ICH5 freebsd crashes sometimes without any error or debugging message I tried 5.1R, 5.2R and 5.2.1R ;-) -- Arturas From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 08:07:20 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 A520A16A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 08:07:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from techno.sub.ru (webmail.sub.ru [213.247.139.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A063E43D49 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 08:07:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru) Received: (qmail 53544 invoked by uid 65534); 28 Mar 2004 16:06:04 -0000 Received: from webmail.sub.ru (HELO localhost) (213.247.139.22) by techno.sub.ru with SMTP; 28 Mar 2004 16:06:04 -0000 Received: from ([213.247.139.22]) by localhost (webmail.sub.ru [213.247.139.22]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with SMTP id 42268-08 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:06:00 +0400 (MSD) Received: from unknown (HELO tarkhil.over.ru) (tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru@82.148.25.65) by techno.sub.ru with SMTP; 28 Mar 2004 16:06:00 -0000 Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:06:38 +0400 From: Alex Povolotsky To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040328200638.5fe696a5@tarkhil.over.ru> Organization: sub.ru X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.9claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.sub.ru Subject: Tape changer recommendation 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, 28 Mar 2004 16:07:20 -0000 Hello! I'm looking for remote-controlled tape changer, of course, SCSI; size about 20-40 Gbs. It should work fine with FreeBSD, the box will be on colocation, so programm-controlled tape changing should also work fine. Any suggestions? -- Alex. From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 16:34:17 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 EE57A16A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:34:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from web21502.mail.yahoo.com (web21502.mail.yahoo.com [66.163.169.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C9D7C43D3F for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:34:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from non_secure@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040329003417.13842.qmail@web21502.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.174.190.163] by web21502.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:34:17 PST Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:34:17 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Schmoe To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: em0 is still broken - watchdog timeouts, lockups ... workaround please 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, 29 Mar 2004 00:34:18 -0000 System is a very vanilla 4.9-RELEASE with fxp and em built into the kernel. It is a dual processor machine with two 550mhz p3s. Its kernel config is very sparse - all USB and pcmcia, etc. have been removed - the only items of note are symbios scsi support, and support for twe (my 3ware IDE raid card). The string acpi/ACPI does not appear in my kernel config file, thanks for asking. Boot up the machine using em0 ... it continually spits out: Jan 4 14:56:50 die /kernel: em0: Link is up 100 Mbps Full Duplex Jan 4 15:04:18 die /kernel: em0: Link is Down Jan 4 15:04:20 die /kernel: em0: Link is up 100 Mbps Full Duplex Jan 4 25:59:06 die /kernel: em0: Link is Down and if I do any kind of file transfer with it, I will get flooded with watchdog timeout errors. Oh, and the machine will lock up at that point as well - no longer pingable. I am happy for a workaround - there are several posts in the archives that mention: changing '#define EM_REPORT_TX_EARLY 0' to '#define EM_REPORT_TX_EARLY 1' in /usr/src/sys/dev/em/if_em.h HOWEVER, my if_em.h does not contain that line, so it is not possible to change it. Further, as this is 4.9-RELEASE, I also do not have that tunable sysctl for em0 either that some folks suggest should be set to zero. So .. is there a workaround ? And further, is Intel dragging their feet on releasing some information on this card, or blocking freebsd-licensed versions of drivers that fix this problem ? I am trying to think of some plausible reason as to why this has been broken _for years_ and never fixed. Search the archives and you will find people complaining about this (specifically on dual cpu systems) as far back as 2002. Help appreciated. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 20:26:34 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 1CAD816A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:26:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.freebsdsystems.com (mx1.FreeBSDsystems.COM [69.90.68.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88DD743D31 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:26:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM) Received: (qmail 50567 invoked by uid 0); 29 Mar 2004 04:26:10 -0000 Received: from h216-235-8-115.host.egate.net (HELO FreeBSDsystems.COM) (lnb@216.235.8.115) by mx1.freebsdsystems.com with SMTP; 29 Mar 2004 04:26:10 -0000 Message-ID: <4067A574.2060201@FreeBSDsystems.COM> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:26:28 -0500 From: Lanny Baron Organization: Freedom Technologies Corporation User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031205 Thunderbird/0.4 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Povolotsky References: <20040328200638.5fe696a5@tarkhil.over.ru> In-Reply-To: <20040328200638.5fe696a5@tarkhil.over.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape changer recommendation 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, 29 Mar 2004 04:26:34 -0000 Hi Alex, We use the Exabyte VXA-2 80/160GB External Tape Drive for our iNET2325 which is at our data center. I don't follow the 'remote control' you ask about. We just use a dump script I made to backup the entire RAID-10 nightly. Under 5.2.1 which our Server is running, Dump(8) takes snapshots of your live file systems which is really nice. Hope that helps. Lanny Alex Povolotsky wrote: > Hello! > > I'm looking for remote-controlled tape changer, of course, SCSI; size about 20-40 Gbs. > > It should work fine with FreeBSD, the box will be on colocation, so programm-controlled tape changing should also work fine. > > Any suggestions? > -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Lanny Baron Proud to be 100% FreeBSD http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM Toll Free: 1.877.963.1900 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 20:28:11 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 9FC9816A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:28:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.freebsdsystems.com (mx1.FreeBSDsystems.COM [69.90.68.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AD2A43D31 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:28:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM) Received: (qmail 50596 invoked by uid 0); 29 Mar 2004 04:27:45 -0000 Received: from h216-235-8-115.host.egate.net (HELO FreeBSDsystems.COM) (lnb@216.235.8.115) by mx1.freebsdsystems.com with SMTP; 29 Mar 2004 04:27:45 -0000 Message-ID: <4067A5A9.9050607@FreeBSDsystems.COM> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:27:21 -0500 From: Lanny Baron Organization: Freedom Technologies Corporation User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031205 Thunderbird/0.4 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Povolotsky References: <20040328200638.5fe696a5@tarkhil.over.ru> In-Reply-To: <20040328200638.5fe696a5@tarkhil.over.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape changer recommendation 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, 29 Mar 2004 04:28:11 -0000 Hi Alex, I should have looked more closely. You want a tape changer. I can look one up for you and send you info. Lanny Alex Povolotsky wrote: > Hello! > > I'm looking for remote-controlled tape changer, of course, SCSI; size about 20-40 Gbs. > > It should work fine with FreeBSD, the box will be on colocation, so programm-controlled tape changing should also work fine. > > Any suggestions? > -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Lanny Baron Proud to be 100% FreeBSD http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM Toll Free: 1.877.963.1900 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 23:33:27 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 4B43916A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:33:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from bofh.spyderweb.com.au (unknown [202.6.150.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D57D43D2D for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:33:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from spyderweb.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1])i2T7XSbD081507 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:03:29 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:03:27 +0930 From: Tim Aslat To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040329170327.70b7d337@bofh.spyderweb.com.au> Organization: Spyderweb Consulting X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Parallel inputs 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, 29 Mar 2004 07:33:27 -0000 Hi All, I've got a project under way and as usual, I've stumbled across a gap in my knowledge which I was hoping might have a simple solution. I need to get input from 4 switches (momentary contact normally open) into a script/program running on a FreeBSD 5.2.1 system, preferably from the parallel port. All I really need is a list of pins I need to be checking (lots of conflicting information is around) and a short script/program which lets me know when and which button was pressed. Unfortunately my hardware interface experience is nil and my knowledge of programming ioctl's is just as limited. I've looked at the ppilcd.c example and the ppi man page but I don't understand a lot of how it all goes together. Thanks in advance Tim -- Tim Aslat Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au P: +61 8 82243020 M: +61 0401088479 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 06:48:27 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 DDE4D16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:48:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from netfoo.net (netfoo.net [206.162.201.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8618643D39 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:48:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@pboehmer.com) Received: from netfoo.net (netfoo.net [206.162.201.200]) by netfoo.net (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2TEmUco050453; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:48:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@pboehmer.com) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:48:25 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Boehmer X-X-Sender: paul@netfoo.net To: tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru Message-ID: <20040329093207.B49991@netfoo.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on vulcan.netfoo.net X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.67-1, clamav-milter version 0.67a cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape changer hardware recommendation 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, 29 Mar 2004 14:48:28 -0000 >Hello! > >I'm looking for remote-controlled tape changer, of course, SCSI; size >about 20-40 Gbs. > >It should work fine with FreeBSD, the box will be on colocation, so >programm-controlled tape changing should also work fine. > >Any suggestions? My place of employment is currently using an Overland Data DLT LibraryXpressLXB system. We use a simple shell script called by crontab to rotate nightly backups by calling the 'chio' command. Unit has a 10 tape magazine, can have up to two DLT drives installed, and also has a serial control port. You also have the option to program in a dedicated cleaning slot and automate the head cleaning sessions. A quick google turned up this link with a little more information (not affiliated with company listed below): http://www.dltlibraries.com/dlt_libraryxpress_lxb.html -- Paul Boehmer paul@pboehmer.com From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 08:28:07 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 6531B16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:28:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from ctb-mesg2.saix.net (ctb-mesg2.saix.net [196.25.240.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09EA143D2F for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:28:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from steven@inloco.co.za) Received: from steven (rrba-163-89.telkomadsl.co.za [165.165.163.89]) by ctb-mesg2.saix.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 31BE91B22C for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:28:04 +0200 (SAST) Message-ID: <009801c415aa$da8f6230$0100a8c0@steven> From: "Steven Swart" To: Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:28:22 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: FreeBSD not recognising network card 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, 29 Mar 2004 16:28:07 -0000 Hi all Although not exactly a newbie to FreeBSD, I have been pulling my hair out over an installation that I have been doing. I have installed 5.2.1-RELEASE on a machine I inherited. I know all the hardware is fine because it was running Windows NT Workstation when I got it. Opening the case reveals a PCI network card. On the card chip is written 'Madge K2 RingRunner', which is the only identification I have for this piece of hardware. My problem is that the FreeBSD installer does not pick up any ethernet cards. The only network interfaces I can configure are the loopback interface and the SLIP/PPP interfaces for the COM ports. I have read Chapter 6.8 'Setting Up Network Interface Cards' in the FreeBSD Handbook which tells me to look in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT for a list of network interfaces. No LINT file exists in this path. The other thing the Handbook advises is loading the kernel module for the driver with kldload, something I have tried without success, firstly because I don't know which kernel modules are network drivers and secondly, the ones I did try to load gave me an 'Already Loaded' message. One last thing I tried was to run UserConfig, the boot time kernel configurator. Previous versions of FreeBSD I have installed had a device driver selection utility, configured via a text based menu system. It appears to be missing in 5.2.1. I created a file /boot.config, with one line '0:ad(0,a)/kernel -c'. This does not run UserConfig, I only succeed in locking myself into the boot program, with no idea how to get the OS to boot. One line from my dmesg output that may provide a clue: pci0: at device 9.0 (no driver attached) I know this seems like a rank newbie post but any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks, Steven --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.642 / Virus Database: 410 - Release Date: 29/03/2004 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 09:24:09 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 802A316A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:24:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.reppep.com (www.reppep.com [66.92.104.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3360643D1F for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:24:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pepper@reppep.com) Received: from [129.85.219.160] (salt.rockefeller.edu [129.85.219.160]) by www.reppep.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44DC7FDBD; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:24:07 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: pepper@mail.reppep.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <009801c415aa$da8f6230$0100a8c0@steven> References: <009801c415aa$da8f6230$0100a8c0@steven> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:24:02 -0500 To: "Steven Swart" From: Chris Pepper Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD not recognising network card 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, 29 Mar 2004 17:24:09 -0000 At 6:28 PM +0200 2004/03/29, Steven Swart wrote: >Opening the case reveals a PCI network card. On the card chip is >written 'Madge K2 RingRunner', which is the only identification I have >for this piece of hardware. > >My problem is that the FreeBSD installer does not pick up any ethernet >cards. The only network interfaces I can configure are the loopback >interface and the SLIP/PPP interfaces for the COM ports. >One line from my dmesg output that may provide a clue: >pci0: at device 9.0 (no driver attached) Steven, Madge made Token Ring cards. Token Ring is an IBM-supported alternative to Ethernet. I don't know if FreeBSD supports that card at all, but if you want to use it on an Ethernet, get an Ethernet card. Chris Pepper -- Chris Pepper: Rockefeller University: From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 10:52:31 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 681BC16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:52:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1F4543D31 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:52:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper [212.12.50.230]) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.12.10/8.11.1) with ESMTP id i2TIqS7D038942; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 20:52:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: (from cracauer@localhost) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i2TIqSl3038941; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:52:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:52:28 -0500 From: Martin Cracauer To: Rob Ellis Message-ID: <20040329135228.A38644@cons.org> References: <20040326183405.GD34158@web.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20040326183405.GD34158@web.ca>; from rob@web.ca on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 01:34:06PM -0500 cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard w/ ECC? 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, 29 Mar 2004 18:52:31 -0000 Rob Ellis wrote on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 01:34:06PM -0500: > How important is ECC ram for a FreeBSD server? We've gone with Asus > motherboards in the past, but most new ones don't support ECC... > > If ECC is important, any recommendations for a motherboard that supports > AMD Athlon + ECC? The Intel 875 chipset supports it, 865 and below do not. I have this mainboard in my server: ASUS P4C800-E DELUXE and two Kingston KVR400X72C3A/512 modules. Runs fine in dual-channel and ECC. Very satisfied with that board. Also has non-PCI (CSA) gigabit Ethernet and a lot of other junk, e.g. a SATA controller supported by FreeBSD-4.9 (the in-chipset one, the additional one on the board needs FreeBSD-5.x). http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800-e_d/overview.HTM As for needing it: the error rate of intact modern RAM is very low, there is certainly less need for ECC than there was 10 years ago. I am still using ECC to guard myself against the hardware getting old, e.g. a piece of dust in the socket after fiddling with it turning bits. Plus ECC RAM is basically the same price. I have a question for those in the know: if my module corrects a one-bit error, will FreeBSD report that? Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ No warranty. This email is probably produced by one of my cats stepping on the keys. No, I don't have an infinite number of cats. From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 11:19:59 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 96DBE16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:19:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from tnpsmtp.telenor.se (franklin.telenor.se [213.150.135.136]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FE5043D2F for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:19:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from maxi@algonet.se) Received: from kairos.algonet.se (kairos.algonet.se [213.150.135.237]) by franklin.telenor.se (BMR ErlangTM/OTP 3.1) with ESMTP id 781381.587996.1080.0s13320834franklin for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:19:56 +0200 Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:19:53 +0200 (MEST) From: Markku Kokko To: hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: CardBus card activation failed 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, 29 Mar 2004 19:19:59 -0000 Hi I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 running FreeBSD 5.2.1 Release. I have a D-Link 650+ card that I wish to use. I got it working, sort of. i am not sure of what information you need, but here is the debugging info I could get and also the dmesg. Please let me know if you need more info. Also please CC me as I am not in the list. If I boot without the card and insert when the machine is up and running I get this error: (this also occurs if I have the card inserted at boot) CBB EVENT 0x6 Waking up thread Status is 0x30000820 cbb0: card inserted: event=0x00000000, state=30000820 cbb0: cbb_power: 3V cbb0: cbb_power: 0V cbb0: CardBus card activation failed Then I take out the card and insert it back in again and it works: CBB EVENT 0x2 Waking up thread CBB EVENT 0x4 Waking up thread Status is 0x30000086 CBB EVENT 0x6 Waking up thread Status is 0x30000820 cbb0: card inserted: event=0x00000000, state=30000820 cbb0: cbb_power: 3V TUPLE: LINKTARGET [3]: 43 49 53 Manufacturer ID: 97000284 TUPLE: Unknown(0x04) [6]: 03 01 32 00 00 00 cardbus0: Opening BAR: type=MEM, bar=14, len=1000 CIS reading done cardbus0: Resource not specified in CIS: id=10, size=20 cardbus0: Resource not specified in CIS: id=18, size=10000 cardbus0: Non-prefetchable memory at f6010000-f6020fff cardbus0: IO port at 1000-101f acx0: port 0x1000-0x10 1f mem 0xf6010000-0xf601ffff,0xf6020000-0xf6020fff irq 11 at device 0.0 on cardb us0 acx0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 22Mbps acx0: 802.11 address: 00:80:c8:18:89:a8 acx0: Eeprom Rev 5 Domain ETSI Europe (1-13), Firmware Rev 1.9.8.b acx0: Radio Type 0x0d, Antenna 0x8d, CCA Mode 0x0d, ED Threshold 0x70 acx0: (c) http://wlan.kewl.org/ 2003 Here is the dmesg from the machine: > dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Mar 18 21:11:24 CET 2004 root@bsd.bredbandsbolaget.se:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GENERIC Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0c8a000. Preloaded elf module "/boot/modules/nvidia.ko" at 0xc0c8a1cc. Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/linux.ko" at 0xc0c8a278. Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/if_acx.ko" at 0xc0c8a324. Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc0c8a3d0. Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 2.40GHz (2392.95-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf27 Stepping = 7 Features=0xbfebf9ff real memory = 536543232 (511 MB) avail memory = 507310080 (483 MB) Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled npx0: [FAST] npx0: on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface acpi0: on motherboard pcibios: BIOS version 2.10 Using $PIR table, 9 entries at 0xc00fc590 Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0 acpi_cpu0: port 0x530-0x537 on acpi0 acpi_tz0: port 0x530-0x537 on acpi0 acpi_acad0: on acpi0 acpi_cmbat0: on acpi0 acpi_cmbat1: on acpi0 acpi_lid0: on acpi0 acpi_button0: on acpi0 acpi_button1: on acpi0 pcib0: port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: on pcib0 pcib0: slot 29 INTA is routed to irq 11 pcib0: slot 29 INTB is routed to irq 11 pcib0: slot 29 INTC is routed to irq 11 pcib0: slot 29 INTD is routed to irq 11 pcib0: slot 31 INTB is routed to irq 11 pcib0: slot 31 INTB is routed to irq 11 agp0: mem 0xec000000-0xefffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 pcib1: at device 1.0 on pci0 pci1: on pcib1 pcib1: slot 0 INTA is routed to irq 11 nvidia0: mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff,0xfc000000-0xfcffffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci1 uhci0: port 0xbf80-0xbf9f irq 11 at device 29.0 on pci0 usb0: on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1: port 0xbf40-0xbf5f irq 11 at device 29.1 on pci0 usb1: on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ums0: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse, rev 2.00/13.00, addr 2, iclass 3/1 ums0: 4 buttons and Z dir. uhci2: port 0xbf20-0xbf3f irq 11 at device 29.2 on pci0 usb2: on uhci2 usb2: USB revision 1.0 uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered pci0: at device 29.7 (no driver attached) pcib2: at device 30.0 on pci0 pci2: on pcib2 pcib2: slot 1 INTA is routed to irq 11 cbb0: at device 1.0 on pci2 cbb0: PCI Memory allocated: f6000000 cardbus0: on cbb0 pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0 pcib2: slot 1 INTA is routed to irq 11 cbb0: [MPSAFE] fwohci0: vendor=104c, dev=8029 fwohci0: <1394 Open Host Controller Interface> mem 0xfaff8000-0xfaffbfff,0xfafff800-0xfaffffff irq 11 at device 1.1 on pci2 fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=0) fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channel is 4. fwohci0: EUI64 47:4f:c0:00:34:02:5c:10 fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 2 ports. fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes. firewire0: on fwohci0 fwe0: on firewire0 if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 46:4f:c0:02:5c:10 sbp0: on firewire0 fwohci0: Initiate bus reset fwohci0: BUS reset fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me) firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) isab0: at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 atapci0: port 0xbfa0-0xbfaf,0x374-0x377,0x170-0x177,0x3f4-0x3f7,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on pc ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 ata0: [MPSAFE] ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 ata1: [MPSAFE] pcm0: port 0xbc40-0xbc7f,0xb800-0xb8ff mem 0xf4fff400-0xf4fff4ff,0xf4fff800-0xf4fff9ff irq 11 at device 3 pcm0: pci0: at device 31.6 (no driver attached) atkbdc0: port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: model GlidePoint, device ID 0 sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A sio1 port 0x300-0x307,0x2e8-0x2ef irq 3 drq 3 on acpi0 sio1: type 16550A ppc0 port 0x778-0x77b,0x378-0x37f irq 7 drq 1 on acpi0 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold ppbus0: on ppc0 plip0: on ppbus0 lpt0: on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: on ppbus0 orm0: