From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 20 18:04:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE6B116B963 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:04:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@cognitrap.com) Received: from smtp.dei.uc.pt (smtp2.dei.uc.pt [193.137.203.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EB1B13C4A5 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:04:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@cognitrap.com) Received: from [10.2.150.183] ([212.18.170.246]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.dei.uc.pt (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1KHnHHs020453 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:49:22 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Francisco_Jos=E9_Nina_Rente?= Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:49:57 +0000 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-FCTUC-DEI-SIC-MailScanner-Information: Please contact helpdesk@dei.uc.pt for more information X-FCTUC-DEI-SIC-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-FCTUC-DEI-SIC-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-51.8, required 3, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, L_SMTP_AUTH -50.00) X-FCTUC-DEI-SIC-MailScanner-From: ml@cognitrap.com X-Spam-Status: No Subject: alphaserver 2100 5/250 with promise pci ide controlor - problem with udma X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:04:43 -0000 Hi all, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.2 with GENERIC on a alphaserver 2100 5/250 with a promise pdc20269 ide controller. The objective it's to use one of the scsi disk on the system to boot and have the rest of the OS on the two ide disks in RAID 1. My Problem is: 1- When i boot freebsd i get this messages: ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=0 ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (0 retries left) LBA=0 ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out LBA=0 ad1: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=0 ad1: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (0 retries left) LBA=0 ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out LBA=0 And i can even see the disk geometry in disklabel. 2 - If i set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 on the boot, the messages disappears. If i switch from mode PIO4 to udma33 with atacontrol there is no problem, at least i can see the disk label and use the disk normally. If i change to udma66 or udma100 (the maximum that is supported by the two disksis udma100) the messages appears again. I don't want to use less then udma66, of course :( The perfect would be udma100 :) I already try various cable (all 80 conductor cable ), and is the always the same thing!. When i try to use the same promise pdc20269 ide controller in a regular x86 box it works normally. What i need to do to have udma running correctly on this machine? Another question, what i need to do to force a specify udma level (p.e. udma66) on boot? Anyone can help me, please? Thank you in advance. best regards, FRente