Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:20:24 -0400 From: Stephen Clark <sclark46@earthlink.net> To: sclark46@earthlink.net Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Subject: Re: safe mode Message-ID: <4CCB2C88.9050208@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <4CCB25CC.9050405@earthlink.net> References: <4CCAE59E.5020006@earthlink.net> <20101029165405.GA82279@icarus.home.lan> <4CCB007D.8080204@earthlink.net> <20101029174014.GA82936@icarus.home.lan> <4CCB25CC.9050405@earthlink.net>
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On 10/29/2010 03:51 PM, Stephen Clark wrote: > On 10/29/2010 01:40 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 01:12:29PM -0400, Stephen Clark wrote: >>> On 10/29/2010 12:54 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:17:50AM -0400, Stephen Clark wrote: >>>>> I am having a problem getting 6.3 to boot on an intel atom mb. When >>>>> it gets to where it should identify the drive it hangs. >>>> Can you try 8.1-RELEASE or an 8.1-STABLE snapshot instead? I mean, >>>> you >>>> *are* using an Intel Atom system, which contains significantly more >>>> advanced hardware than was available during the RELENG_6 days. >>>> >>>> Oh, I think you answer this further down... >>>> >>>>> If I boot with no acpi it does the same thing. >>>>> >>>>> If I boot with safe mode it comes up and identifies the drive but >>>>> then >>>>> starts spewing the following errors: >>>>> ipfw2 initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding disabled, >>>>> default to ad >>>>> interrupt storm detected on "irq15:"; throttling interrupt source >>>>> ad4: 152627MB<WDC WD1600BEKT-00A25T0 01.01A01> at ata2-master PIO4 >>>>> interrupt storm detected on "irq15:"; throttling interrupt source >>>>> interrupt storm detected on "irq15:"; throttling interrupt source >>>>> interrupt storm detected on "irq15:"; throttling interrupt source >>>>> >>>>> FreeBSD runs but I continue to get these errors: >>>>> >>>>> What exactly does safe mode do - I am afraid my forth skills are not >>>>> what they should be. >>>> "Safe mode" does the following before doing "boot": >>>> >>>> set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 >>>> set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 >>>> set hw.ata.wc=0 >>>> set hw.eisa_slots=0 >>>> set hint.kbdmux.0.disabled=1 >>>> >>>> It also does the following if you're booting/running i386: >>>> >>>> unset acpi_load >>>> set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 >>>> set loader.acpi_disabled_by_user=1 >>>> set hint.apic.0.disabled=1 >>>> >>>> The code is in /boot/beastie.4th. >>>> >>>> IMHO, you shouldn't be disabling ACPI, or using "safe mode" to try and >>>> get your system working. Can you please boot Verbose mode instead and >>>> provide all of the output somewhere? You'll probably need serial >>>> console for this, since the system hangs. >>>> >>>> >>>>> atapci0@pci0:0:31:1: class=0x01018a card=0x28508086 >>>>> chip=0x28508086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 >>>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >>>>> device = '82801H (ICH8 Family) Ultra ATA Storage >>>>> Controllers' >>>>> class = mass storage >>>>> subclass = ATA >>>>> atapci1@pci0:0:31:2: class=0x01018f card=0x28288086 >>>>> chip=0x28288086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 >>>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >>>>> device = 'ICH8M (ICH8 Family) 3 port SATA Controller' >>>>> class = mass storage >>>>> subclass = ATA >>>> Your storage controller is an Intel ICH8, which is supported by >>>> FreeBSD, >>>> but the ATA layer differs greatly between 6.x and 8.x (read: better on >>>> 8.x). AHCI is also well-supported on 8.x if your system/BIOS supports >>>> it. >>>> >>>>> I am stuck for now on 6.3 so moving to a later release 7+ is not >>>>> feasible. >>>> Can you explain why? (If I don't ask it, someone else will.) This >>>> will >>>> almost certainly be the key to this discussion, especially since you >>>> say: >>>> >>> I am supporting over 700 units in the field that are acting as >>> firewall/router/vpn devices, >>> that are running 6.3. It would not be feasible to upgrade them to a >>> new version of FreeBSD >>> remotely. Also if I was going to move to a later release of FreeBSD >>> for the new hardware >>> it would involve months of new testing and validation of the new >>> release, where putting a patched >>> 6.3 kernel is relatively straightforward. >> I'm a little confused. Did you deploy over 700 field units running >> FreeBSD 6.3 without testing it first on this particular piece of >> hardware/setup? Or did you recently upgrade from FreeBSD X.Y to 6.3 and >> found that things broke? What I'm trying to find out is whether or not >> these systems ever worked for you, and if so, at what point did they >> stop working. > Sorry for the confusion. We have a mix of hardware in the field. The > current > hardware platform we are shipping is going EOL from the vendor. I am > testing > the vendors next generation of hardware. > > I included at the end a verbose startup using the 6.3 install disc. > >> Possibly we can work backwards to figure out what code >> change/commit broke things for you. Keep reading for some ideas. >> >> First question: are you using any parameters in /boot/loader.conf or >> /boot.config? If so, what are they? >> Second question: can you provide your kernel configuration file? >> >> As for the verbose boot -- thanks much. Appropriate folks should be >> here on the list, so if they have ideas they'll probably reply. A quick >> analysis indicates the following: >> >> ata0 --> atapci0 --> Intel ATA controller master, IDE/PATA, IRQ 14 >> ata1 --> atapci0 --> Intel ATA controller slave, IDE/PATA, IRQ 14 >> ata2 --> atapci1 --> Intel ATA controller master, IDE/PATA, IRQ 15 >> ata3 --> atapci1 --> Intel ATA controller slave, IDE/PATA, IRQ 15 >> >> A single device is found on ata2, but no other devices are found on the >> other ATA busses: >> >>> ata2: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1<ATA_MASTER> >> That probably correlates with what you see when you boot "safe mode", >> since there we see this message: >> >> ad4: 152627MB<WDC WD1600BEKT-00A25T0 01.01A01> at ata2-master PIO4 >> >> However, there's other messages which are a serious concern, given their >> association with the ATA controller in question: >> >> interrupt storm detected on "irq15:"; throttling interrupt source >> interrupt storm detected on "irq15:"; throttling interrupt source >> interrupt storm detected on "irq15:"; throttling interrupt source >> interrupt storm detected on "irq15:"; throttling interrupt source >> >> You might try escaping to the loader prompt (I forget what menu item it >> is on 6.x, might be item 6) and entering the following commands. These >> are the 3 things I'd try first, and in this order: >> >> 1) set hint.apic.0.disabled=1 >> boot >> >> 2) set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 >> boot >> >> 3) set hint.apic.0.disabled=1 >> set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 >> set hint.kbdmux.0.disabled=1 >> boot >> >> If any of these work (I'm hoping #1 or #2 suffices), you can add the >> appropriate lines to your /boot/loader.conf without the "set" portion >> and they should be retained going forward. >> > Unfortunately none of the above worked. Here is a verbose startup from > the > generic kernel on the 6.3 install disk. Note: when I used the safe for > the install > it actually went into the install program and didn't hang - though I > did see the > interrupt storm message right before sysinstall ran. > > > m��^:FZ�2+/#";wJ/+*+"�:*;+&o""""B"B""""B"~"""B"B"""B"�"B"B""6"B"B"*""B"B" > 0 > SMAP type=02 base=000000000009fc00 len=0000000000000400 > SMAP type=02 base=00000000000e0000 len=0000000000020000 > SMAP type=01 base=0000000000100000 len=000000003f9a0000 > SMAP type=03 base=000000003faa0000 len=000000000000e000 > SMAP type=04 base=000000003faae000 len=0000000000032000 > SMAP type=02 base=000000003fae0000 len=0000000000010000 > SMAP type=02 base=000000003faf0000 len=0000000000010000 > SMAP type=02 base=00000000fee00000 len=0000000000001000 > SMAP type=02 base=00000000ffb00000 len=0000000000500000 > Copyright (c) 1992-2008 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 is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 16 04:18:52 UTC 2008 > root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc1037000. > Preloaded mfs_root "/boot/mfsroot" at 0xc10371ac. > Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc10371f0. > MP Configuration Table version 1.4 found at 0xc00fdc90 > Table 'FACP' at 0x3faa0290 > Table 'APIC' at 0x3faa0390 > MADT: Found table at 0x3faa0390 > APIC: Using the MADT enumerator. > MADT: Found CPU APIC ID 0 ACPI ID 1: enabled > MADT: Found CPU APIC ID 2 ACPI ID 2: enabled > MADT: Found CPU APIC ID 1 ACPI ID 3: enabled > MADT: Found CPU APIC ID 3 ACPI ID 4: enabled > ACPI APIC Table: <080610 APIC1657> > Calibrating clock(s) ... i8254 clock: 1188490 Hz > CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > Calibrating TSC clock ... TSC clock: 1673327070 Hz > CPU: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D510 @ 1.66GHz (1673.33-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x106ca Stepping = 10 > > Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,> > > > Features2=0x40e31d<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,<b22>> > AMD Features=0x20100000<NX,LM> > AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF> > Cores per package: 2 > Logical CPUs per core: 2 > real memory = 1068105728 (1018 MB) > Physical memory chunk(s): > 0x0000000000001000 - 0x000000000009efff, 647168 bytes (158 pages) > 0x0000000000100000 - 0x00000000003fffff, 3145728 bytes (768 pages) > 0x0000000001425000 - 0x000000003e86ffff, 1027911680 bytes (250955 pages) > avail memory = 1027821568 (980 MB) > bios32: Found BIOS32 Service Directory header at 0xc00f0000 > bios32: Entry = 0xf0010 (c00f0010) Rev = 0 Len = 1 > pcibios: PCI BIOS entry at 0xf0000+0x31 > pnpbios: Found PnP BIOS data at 0xc00f6100 > pnpbios: Entry = f0000:78ba Rev = 1.0 > Other BIOS signatures found: > APIC: CPU 0 has ACPI ID 1 > MADT: Found IO APIC ID 4, Interrupt 0 at 0xfec00000 > ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 4 > ioapic0: Routing external 8259A's -> intpin 0 > MADT: Interrupt override: source 0, irq 2 > ioapic0: Routing IRQ 0 -> intpin 2 > MADT: Interrupt override: source 9, irq 9 > ioapic0: intpin 9 trigger: level > ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard > cpu0 BSP: > ID: 0x00000000 VER: 0x00050014 LDR: 0x00000000 DFR: 0xffffffff > lint0: 0x00010700 lint1: 0x00000400 TPR: 0x00000000 SVR: 0x000001ff > timer: 0x000100ef therm: 0x00010000 err: 0x0001000f pcm: 0x00010000 > wlan: <802.11 Link Layer> > ath_rate: version 1.2 <SampleRate bit-rate selection algorithm> > null: <null device, zero device> > random: <entropy source, Software, Yarrow> > nfslock: pseudo-device > io: <I/O> > kbd: new array size 4 > kbd1 at kbdmux0 > mem: <memory> > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, > RF5413) > rr232x: RocketRAID 232x controller driver v1.02 (Jan 16 2008 04:16:21) > hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Jan 16 2008 04:16:19) > big snip > lo0: bpf attached > rr232x: no controller detected. > hptrr: no controller detected. > m > Why does FreeBSD think I have a rocket raid controller? This the generic kernel. Is there some way disable this from loading? When I boot the 7.2 install disk it doesn't say anything about finding hptrr: -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)
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