Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:55:55 -0700 (PDT) From: <randall272-fbsd@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AS1000A with Mylex DAC960 RAID-5 as only disk Message-ID: <20041017225555.92374.qmail@web50606.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041017112642.93053.qmail@web50610.mail.yahoo.com>
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--- randall272-fbsd@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> --- David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 02:31:46PM -0700, randall272-fbsd@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > With 5.1 /stand/sysinstall does not list mlxd0 as device to disklable
> >
> > Don't use /stand/sysinstall. It is a wart on our that it even exists in
> > 5.x. Use /usr/sbin/sysinstall. Depending on when you first installed
> > FreeBSD on your AS1000, /stand/sysinstall could be from 4.x and could
> > give you problems.
> >
> > --
> > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
> >
>
> I don't know if /stand/sysinstall was the one I used initially or not, I just
> booted the 5.1-RELEASE CD-ROM and used whatever came up. This was both
> during
> the sucessful and failed attemps to label the mlxd0.
>
> My day's work consisted of
>
> 1) find seven 4GB storageworks packs that are OK
> 2) go out to buy floppies since I couldn't find an undamaged one
> 3) write out the ra200rcu.exe ra200fl.exe and ra200srl.exe to a floppy
> 4) run the arc firmware and use it to run ra200rcu.exe
> 5) build RAID-5 device for hours-and-hours
> 6) boot 5.3-BETA7 and watch it panic
> 7) boot 5.1-RELEASE CD-ROM #1 and watch it fail to list mlxd0 as a disk
> 8) boot 5.1-RELEASE CD-ROM #2 and manually use bsdlabel, etc.
> 9) discover that CD-ROM #1 started admitting mlxd0 could be partitioned.
> 10) install 5.1-RELEASE
> 11) cvs RELENG_5
> 12) make buildworld
>
> I woke up this morning and made a stripped-down GENERIC and started "make
> kernel" on it.
>
--- randall272-fbsd@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> --- David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 02:31:46PM -0700, randall272-fbsd@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > With 5.1 /stand/sysinstall does not list mlxd0 as device to disklable
> >
> > Don't use /stand/sysinstall. It is a wart on our that it even exists in
> > 5.x. Use /usr/sbin/sysinstall. Depending on when you first installed
> > FreeBSD on your AS1000, /stand/sysinstall could be from 4.x and could
> > give you problems.
> >
> > --
> > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
> >
>
> I don't know if /stand/sysinstall was the one I used initially or not, I just
> booted the 5.1-RELEASE CD-ROM and used whatever came up. This was both
> during
> the sucessful and failed attemps to label the mlxd0.
>
> My day's work consisted of
>
> 1) find seven 4GB storageworks packs that are OK
> 2) go out to buy floppies since I couldn't find an undamaged one
> 3) write out the ra200rcu.exe ra200fl.exe and ra200srl.exe to a floppy
> 4) run the arc firmware and use it to run ra200rcu.exe
> 5) build RAID-5 device for hours-and-hours
> 6) boot 5.3-BETA7 and watch it panic
> 7) boot 5.1-RELEASE CD-ROM #1 and watch it fail to list mlxd0 as a disk
> 8) boot 5.1-RELEASE CD-ROM #2 and manually use bsdlabel, etc.
> 9) discover that CD-ROM #1 started admitting mlxd0 could be partitioned.
> 10) install 5.1-RELEASE
> 11) cvs RELENG_5
> 12) make buildworld
>
> I woke up this morning and made a stripped-down GENERIC and started "make
> kernel" on it.
machine alpha
cpu EV5
ident LOKI
options DEC_1000A #AlphaServer 1000A 5/333
options EISA_SLOTS=2 #exact number of slots
options SCHED_4BSD #4BSD scheduler
options INET #InterNETworking
options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols
options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support
options UFS_ACL #Support for access control lists
options UFS_DIRHASH #Improve performance on big directories
options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device
options NFSCLIENT #Network Filesystem Client
options NFSSERVER #Network Filesystem Server
options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device
options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem
options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem
options PROCFS #Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
options PSEUDOFS #Pseudo-filesystem framework
options GEOM_GPT #GUID Partition Tables.
options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 #Compatible with FreeBSD4
options SCSI_DELAY=5000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
options KTRACE #ktrace(1) syscall trace support
options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory
options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues
options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores
options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING #Posix P1003_1B real-time
extensions
device isa
device eisa
device pci
device fdc
device ata
device atadisk # ATA disk drives
device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives
device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives
device atapist # ATAPI tape drives
device isp # Qlogic family
device ispfw # Firmware module for Qlogic host adapters
device scbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
device ch # SCSI media changers
device da # Direct Access (disks)
device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
device cd # CD
device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)
device ses # SCSI Environmental Services (and SAF-TE)
device mlx # Mylex DAC960 family
device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller
device atkbd # AT keyboard
device psm # PS/2 mouse
device vga # VGA video card driver
device sc
device mcclock # MC146818 real time clock device
device sio # 8250, 16[45]50 based serial ports
device ppc
device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
device lpt # Printer
device ppi # Parallel port interface device
device de # DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
device miibus # MII bus support
device loop # Network loopback
device mem # Memory and kernel memory devices
device random # Entropy device
device ether # Ethernet support
device tun # Packet tunnel.
device pty # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
device md # Memory "disks"
device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
device faith # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying/(translation)
device bpf #Berkeley packet filter
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 5.3-BETA7 #2: Thu Oct 17 17:35:26 EDT 2024
root@loki.trickster.gods:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LOKI
AlphaServer 1000/1000A
AlphaServer 1000A 5/333, 333MHz
8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
CPU: EV56 (21164A) major=7 minor=2 extensions=0x1<BWX>
OSF PAL rev: 0x1000600020117
real memory = 266371072 (254 MB)
avail memory = 252436480 (240 MB)
cia0: <2117x Core Logic chipset>
cia0: ALCOR/ALCOR2, pass 3
cia0: extended capabilities: 21<DWEN,BWEN>
pcib0: <2117x PCI host bus adapter> on cia0
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
eisab0: <PCI-EISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
eisa0: <EISA bus> on eisab0
mainboard0: <DEC5000 (System Board)> on eisa0 slot 0
isa0: <ISA bus> on eisab0
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 8.0 on pci0
pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib1
isp0: <Qlogic ISP 1020/1040 PCI SCSI Adapter> port 0x9000-0x90ff mem
0x81810000-0x81810fff irq 0 at device 0.0 on pci2
isp0: interrupting at CIA irq 0
isp0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pci2: <multimedia, audio> at device 2.0 (no driver attached)
pci0: <display, VGA> at device 11.0 (no driver attached)
de0: <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> port 0xa000-0xa07f mem
0x8195c000-0x8195c07f
irq 3 at device 12.0 on pci0
de0: interrupting at CIA irq 3
de0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
de0: DEC DE500-AA 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0
de0: enabling 10baseT port
de0: Ethernet address: 00:00:f8:05:6d:a0
de0: if_start running deferred for Giant
mlx0: <Mylex version 2 RAID interface> port 0xa080-0xa0ff mem
0x8195c080-0x8195c0ff irq 5 at device 13.0 on pci0
mlx0: interrupting at CIA irq 5
mlx0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
mlx0: DAC960P/PD, 3 channels, firmware 2.42-0-00, 4MB RAM
mlxd0: <Mylex System Drive> on mlx0
mlxd0: 24546MB (50270208 sectors) RAID 5 (online)
ata0 at port 0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa0
ata0: interrupting at ISA irq 14
ata1 at port 0x376,0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa0
ata1: interrupting at ISA irq 15
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
atkbd0: interrupting at ISA irq 1
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: interrupting at ISA irq 6
fdc0: [FAST]
mcclock0: <MC146818A real time clock> at port 0x70-0x71 on isa0
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x3bc-0x3c3 irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Polled port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
ppc0: interrupting at ISA irq 7
sc0: <System console> on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200>
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio0: interrupting at ISA irq 4
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A
sio1: interrupting at ISA irq 3
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Timecounter "alpha" frequency 333322336 Hz quality 0
Timecounters tick every 0.976 msec
Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
cd0 at isp0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0
cd0: <DEC RRD46 (C) DEC 0557> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device
cd0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 8)
cd0: cd present [1256136 x 512 byte records]
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/mlxd0a
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