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Date:      Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:21:34 -0800
From:      "Vinod Kashyap" <vkashyap@amcc.com>
To:        Jeff Soule <jsoule@webcrossing.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Problems with 4.10 Release and "supported" hardware
Message-ID:  <IBRQ4K03.JAS@hadar.amcc.com>

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Soule [mailto:jsoule@webcrossing.com]
> > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 1:22 PM
> > To: Vinod Kashyap
> > Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Problems with 4.10 Release and "supported" hardware
> > =

> > =

> > No other controllers.
> > The built in SATA controller is turned off in the bios.
> > The bios sees the controller, and I am able to access and =

> > configure the =

> > controller at boot.
> > No errors are reported and I am able to delete/create the =

> RAID Array =

> > with no problems.
> > I waited more then a few minutes (Went to get coffee when =

> the 'Kernel =

> > Configuration Menu' appeared.)
> > Heck, I even back revved the motherboard bios to the same =

> > version as a =

> > server that is working.
> > =

> > The only difference is some changes 3ware made to the latest 9000 =

> > series card (BBU added and firmware changed to support BBU Battery =

> > Backup Unit)  I suspect that their changes broke the twa =

> > driver but am =

> > not slick enough to get any further with this :-(
> > =

> =

> I don't think the twa driver is even in the picture here.  Do you
> see any message printed by twa at boot time?  It looks to me like
> the FreeBSD PCI subsystem does not even detect any PCI controllers
> for twa to claim.  When this happened, we attached a PCI analyzer
> and saw that there was almost on activity on any of the PCI busses.
> =

I meant there was almost NO activity on any of the PCI busses, sorry...


> Can you plug-in any other PCI controller and see if gets detected?
> =

> =

> > My vender is building another box with a different Supermicro =

> > Motherboard that does work, (Already verified), but the bus =

> speed is =

> > slower so it is not the best solution by a long shot...
> > =

> > On Feb 11, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Vinod Kashyap wrote:
> > =

> > > Do you see PCI controllers other than 3ware?  Do you
> > > see them (other PCI controllers) if the 3ware controller
> > > is not plugged in?  Does the motherboard BIOS detect
> > > the 3ware controller?  i.e., do you see messages from
> > > the 3ware BIOS at startup?  For how much time did you
> > > wait at the 'Kernel Configuration Menu'?  You might want
> > > to try waiting longer...
> > >
> > > One other thing I have observed is that, if there are
> > > any degraded units attached to 3ware, the 3ware BIOS
> > > waits for 30 seconds rather than the usual 5 seconds,
> > > and when this happens, _all_ PCI controllers are seen!
> > =

> > =

> =

> =

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