From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 31 17:34:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 225EC16A418 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:34:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (mail.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0731E13C459 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:34:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [76.23.4.92] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.51) id 1IRANe-000GsP-Hc for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:34:02 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <25C2FAFC-9707-48BC-BC2D-62B47BC5C5F7@shire.net> References: <25C2FAFC-9707-48BC-BC2D-62B47BC5C5F7@shire.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <5F169848-8659-4C4B-B578-B8544C9A1519@shire.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:34:01 -0600 To: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 76.23.4.92 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: Subject: Tyan S5197 and ACPI don't mix on 6.2 Re: 6.2-RELEASE amd64 system rebooting under heavy load with Areca ARC-1231ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:34:24 -0000 On Aug 21, 2007, at 2:53 AM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > Hi > > I have a new system I am building. > > Tyan S5197 MB with Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4ghz, 4GB RAM > Areca ARC-1231ML raid card. 5 320gb disks in a RAID6 with 1 320gb > disk hot spare plus two 750gb in a raid1 mirror. Using the ARECA > firmware, each raidset is subdivided into separate volumes that > each appear to the OS as separate daN type disks. > > I read through Google about various problems that the Areca driver > had as well as on the Areca website FAQ (on FreeBSD) > > I installed 6.2-RELEASE on this system. Under heavy IO load the > system reboots itself. This happened both in trying to install the > OS, and if I got that far, in trying to build cvsup tool or in > building a new kernel. The machine could sit there idle for hours > but you startup a large build and usually withing a few minutes or > 10 minutes it would reboot itself. I tried installing the 6.2- > STABLE snapshot (latest on in the downloads which is from June) but > the whole system would lock up after a few minutes and I would get > corruption on the console screen so I decided that was not a great > plan. I also tried the 7-CURRENT as a test but that would not stay > out of the kernel debugger. > > So I went back to 6.2-STABLE. I installed it and then copied the > areca kernel driver source arcmsr.c/.h from the 6.2-STABLE > snapshot from June (latest snapshot I could find) and used it to > rebuild the kernel. I was then able to build cvsup and do a cvsup > to the latest -RELEASE code and was a significant way through a > buildworld when it happened again and rebooted itself. So it > appears the problem is not yet solved. > > Is anyone out there running a form of 6.2 on an x64 type platform > using an Areca controller? What is the latest 6.x compatible > driver source for the Areca? I tried to copy the 7-CURRENT areca > source back but it relies on the new CAM system and even if I added > that option to my 6.2 there were a bunch of compilation errors that > made it look like the 7.0-CURRENT IO or SCSI or whatever lower > level it uses system has changed. > > Any help in figuring out how to get this up and running without > these reboots under load would be greatly appreciated. After replacing the power supply with a beefier one, running memtest86 for a day, trying to install Solaris 10 with the same reboot issue, etc, I tried running with boot without ACPI and that seems to have cured the issue. So there seems to be an issue with the Tyan S5197 board and ACPI on 6.2-RELEASE (and on Solaris 10u3) Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net