From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 17 20:25:35 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31AA716A421 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:25:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F76D43D5A for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:25:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j7HKaO4G060879; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:36:25 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <43039D1E.8070209@samsco.org> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:25:02 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050615 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Guy Helmer References: <42D66D84.9010701@palisadesys.com> <42D68EDA.7050808@mullet.se> <43036A03.2030708@palisadesys.com> In-Reply-To: <43036A03.2030708@palisadesys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: Martin Nilsson , freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supermicro H8DAR-8 motherboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:25:35 -0000 Guy Helmer wrote: > Martin Nilsson wrote: > >> Guy Helmer wrote: >> >>> Has anyone on the list tried the new Supermicro H8DAR-8 or related >>> motherboards for Opterons? If so, any issues? >> >> >> >> I have a H8DAE running in a test-box before we start selling them. >> >> So far I have ony found one problem: >> It is impossible to boot FreeBSD/i386 with the 1U IPMI card, the >> kernel panics when loading the keyboard driver. This does not happen >> with FreeBSD/amd64. I haven't tested how well the IPMI card works in >> FreeBSD, there may be problems with the bge driver. >> >> Other than that I really like the board. If you have any more >> questions I'll be happy to answer them. >> > We received the H8DAR-8 unit a little over a week ago with dual Opteron > 275s and it has been running well since. I didn't have any problem > installing FreeBSD 6.0-BETA1, and I ran "make -j12 buildworld" > continuously on it over a weekend. It finally crashed on an sbfree > call, but I'd chalk that up to BETA1. It's been solid under a lighter > load since. I like the board and I'm glad Supermicro was able to cram > it into a 1U case :-) > > Guy > Do you have any crash data on the panic? Unfortunately, we haven't perfected the 'self fixing beta release', so we rely on good reports to get bugs fixed manually =-) Scott