From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 12 04:07:27 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 587F2106566B for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:07:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from goodredhat@yahoo.com) Received: from web51304.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web51304.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.38.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 045A18FC1D for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:07:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from goodredhat@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 91948 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Sep 2008 03:40:46 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=y9pUIxgrJgk4f+OrT9bzgh69fR8hLGQIz7ca/CC++o5FFxF1FFRxR0WxEDx6ZT5MmOWJeyiLYaAxRpUbyLfColDE/9D2OLrxRzp065FT1ZmY2jUQqGO2FznGWBCo8OmPiGkCKxvDCqYvpIqcAZYFtPTnxC3vxL+Zrjw3A0T3seU=; X-YMail-OSG: wLT4udMVM1mU19eJ_NrtztQyVxprMTqyLQmlmY3m535Qk.GpPdXQOSsFdTyv.W9OCSBCN.674MirCn2RV7LuEg7scSsUUHZtyuifeACOMchSNy7cZjM.YKtBdjr6Fmg- Received: from [210.214.209.1] by web51304.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:40:46 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.218.2 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:40:46 -0700 (PDT) From: manish jain To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <397519.89773.qm@web51304.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Question on the Intel 945G chipset X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: goodredhat@yahoo.com List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:07:27 -0000 =C2=A0 Hi, =C2=A0 Till now I have been using FreeBSD 6.2 on a Tomato motherboard with an Inte= l 810 chipset and never had any problems configuring xorg with the i810 dri= ver. =C2=A0 I am now planning to upgrade to a new system with an Intel 945G chipset whi= ch has an integrated GMA 850 graphics core. =C2=A0 Does FreeBSD 6.2=C2=A0support the Intel 945G chipset ? If yes, what video d= river would I need to use while configuring xorg ? =C2=A0 If not, can you please suggest some other fairly recent Intel chipset which= would work well with FreeBSD 6.2 and xorg ? =C2=A0 Thanks Manish Jain =C2=A0=0A=0A=0A From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over Ind= ia. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 12 06:26:40 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 D363A106564A for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gandalf@shopzeus.com) Received: from viefep20-int.chello.at (viefep20-int.chello.at [62.179.121.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 233D28FC28 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:26:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gandalf@shopzeus.com) Received: from [192.168.2.175] (really [89.134.231.52]) by viefep31-int.chello.at (InterMail vM.7.08.02.02 201-2186-121-104-20070414) with ESMTP id <20080912061117.RJKL13823.viefep31-int.chello.at@[192.168.2.175]>; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:11:17 +0200 Message-ID: <48CA0804.5080508@shopzeus.com> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:11:16 +0200 From: Laszlo Nagy User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Tony Nagy - SHOPZEUS Subject: Intel Server Board S5000PSLROMB + SAS ROMB 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, 12 Sep 2008 06:26:40 -0000 I'm about to buy a new server. There is a local distributor here and they offered good prices. The server will have 2 SAS disks in RAID-1 and 8 or 10 SATA 2 disks in RAID 1+0. Others told me that I MUST ask the hardware list before I buy it. Here is their opinion: > I don't know anything about how well this Intel RAID performs under > FreeBSD, but you should check that if you haven't already. From the > little bit I read about it I'm concerned if it's fast enough for as > many drives as you're using. The wrong disk controller will make a > slow mess out of any hardware you throw at it. And here is the hardware: - Boxed Intel Server Board S5000PSLROMB with 8-port SAS ROMB card (Supports 45nm processors (Harpertown and Wolfdale-DP) - Intel® RAID Activation key AXXRAK18E enables full intelligent SAS RAID on S5000PAL, S5000PSL, SR4850HW4/M, SR6850HW4/M. RoHS Compliant. - 512 MB 400MHz DDR2 ECC Registered CL3 DIMM Single Rank, x8(for s5000pslromb) - Intel® RAID Smart Battery AXXRSBBU3, optional battery back up for use with AXXRAK18E and SRCSAS144E. RoHS Complaint. - 4-drive SAS/SATA backplane with expander (requires 2 SAS ports) for SC5400BRP and SC5400LX (two pieces) The basic question is: - how well is this configuration supported in FreeBSD 7? - is this RAID controller fast and reliable with 10 or more disks? Can it take advantage of the disks, or should I use a different controller? Thanks, Laszlo From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 13 22:08:01 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 79834106566B for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:08:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from satz@iranger.com) Received: from smtpout1.spro.net (smtpout1.spro.net [204.228.238.253]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A168FC0C for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:08:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from satz@iranger.com) Received: from fnu.iranger.com (49dsl180.dsl.spro.net [206.206.49.180]) by smtpout1.spro.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFBB52DE44E for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:48:11 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [10.0.0.21] (karma.iranger.com [10.0.0.21]) by fnu.iranger.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m8DLmBKf010114 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:48:11 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from satz@iranger.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <48511BE0-9023-4A7F-A315-2F1CDD85258E@iranger.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org From: Greg Satz Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:48:10 -0600 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Subject: Intel 6300ESB SATA150 cannot find disk or boot under 6.3 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: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:08:01 -0000 I have a DELL PE750 that boots fine under 6.1 but cannot boot 6.3. It appears that the SATA controller cannot initialize ata1 under 6.3. 6.3 has no problem initializing ata0. My CDROM is on ata0 and the disk is on ata1. Here is the relevant portions of the verbose output: 6.3: isab0: at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfea0-0xfeaf at device 31.2 on pci0 atapci0: Reserved 0x10 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xfea0 ata0: on atapci0 atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x1f0 atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x14 type 4 at 0x3f6 ata0: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=50 ostat1=00 ata0: stat0=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x14 msb=0xeb ata0: stat1=0x00 err=0x00 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00 ata0: reset tp2 stat0=00 stat1=00 devices=0x4 ioapic0: routing intpin 14 (ISA IRQ 14) to vector 53 ata0: [MPSAFE] ata1: on atapci0 atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x18 type 4 at 0x170 atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x1c type 4 at 0x376 ata1: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=80 ostat1=80 ata1: stat0=0x80 err=0xff lsb=0xff msb=0xff ata1: stat0=0x80 err=0xff lsb=0xff msb=0xff ata1: stat0=0x80 err=0xff lsb=0xff msb=0xff ata1: stat0=0x80 err=0xff lsb=0xff msb=0xff ata1: stat0=0x80 err=0xff lsb=0xff msb=0xff ata1: stat0=0x80 err=0xff lsb=0xff msb=0xff ... ata1: stat0=0x80 err=0xff lsb=0xff msb=0xff ata1: stat0=0x80 err=0xff lsb=0xff msb=0xff ata1: stat0=0x80 err=0xff lsb=0xff msb=0xff ata1: reset tp2 stat0=80 stat1=80 devices=0x0 ioapic0: routing intpin 15 (ISA IRQ 15) to vector 54 ata1: [MPSAFE] 6.1: isab0: at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfea0-0xfeaf at device 31.2 on pci0 atapci0: Reserved 0x10 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xfea0 ata0: on atapci0 atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x1f0 atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x14 type 4 at 0x3f6 ata0: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=50 ostat1=00 ata0: stat0=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x14 msb=0xeb ata0: stat1=0x00 err=0x00 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00 ata0: reset tp2 stat0=00 stat1=00 devices=0x4 ioapic0: routing intpin 14 (ISA IRQ 14) to vector 53 ata0: [MPSAFE] ata1: on atapci0 atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x18 type 4 at 0x170 atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x1c type 4 at 0x376 ata1: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=50 ostat1=00 ata1: stat0=0xd0 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00 ata1: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00 ata1: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00 ata1: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1 ioapic0: routing intpin 15 (ISA IRQ 15) to vector 54 ata1: [MPSAFE] I have the full verbose logs from both boots but didn't want to bomb the mailing list if this was something simple. Any clues appreciated. Thanks, Greg