From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Mar 18 10: 0:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx.databus.com (p101-44.acedsl.com [160.79.101.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A52637B718 for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2001 10:00:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from barney@mx.databus.com) Received: (from barney@localhost) by mx.databus.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f2II0kR26348 for hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 18 Mar 2001 13:00:46 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from barney) Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 13:00:46 -0500 From: Barney Wolff To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: atapi audio recording Message-ID: <20010318130045.A26331@mx.databus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Does anybody know a good answer to any of the following? 1. Is there a way to get burncd to -useinfo the way cdrecord can? 2. Is there a way to get cdrecord to use an atapi cd-rw drive? 3. Is there a way to clone an audio cd on an atapi cd-rw drive that preserves the disk id and track info? cdda2wav from the cdrecord port can read an atapi drive, but seems to be an entirely different code base than cdrecord itself. I can write audio just fine with burncd, but don't see a way to preserve the extra data from the original cd that allows cddb to return artist/disk/track info. Feeling that I must be missing something obvious, TIA, Barney Wolff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Mar 19 8:51: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (polaris.we.lc.ehu.es [158.227.6.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A464E37B718 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 08:50:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jose@we.lc.ehu.es) Received: from v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (v-ger [158.227.6.179]) by polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2JGop917189 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:50:51 +0100 (MET) Received: from we.lc.ehu.es (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2JGWxj00606 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:32:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jose@we.lc.ehu.es) Message-ID: <3AB634BB.37EB63B2@we.lc.ehu.es> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:32:59 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" Organization: Universidad del Pais Vasco - Dpto. de Electricidad y Electronica X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: es-ES, es, en-US, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: 3ware rocks with FreeBSD! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have just set up a RAID-0 using a 3ware Escalade 6200 controler, and I am very impressed with the performance, for both reading and writing. In addition, it is true "plug and play": the "twe" driver just works. In addition, the 3DM web-based management utility works like a charm. I am very thankful to Mike Smith for his great work. I am getting >20 MB/sec with sequential writes, and >25 MB/sec with sequential reads (using dd(1)). Using bonnie, I got these results: Write cache disabled: -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 640 8630 96.9 21731 86.8 5721 24.0 5528 97.1 27294 61.6 159.8 4.2 Write cache enabled: -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random-- -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks--- Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU 640 8662 97.2 22845 91.8 6289 26.4 5516 97.2 24421 54.5 157.7 4.0 The file system has softupdates enabled. The CPU is a PPro/180. The disks are mid-range Seagates (ATA-66); I am waiting for two 75GB IBM DTLA to arrive. The system is running FreeBSD 4.3-BETA. Cheers, -- JMA ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Mar 19 15:14:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wlcg.com (mail.wlcg.com [207.226.17.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B60A537B737 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:14:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Received: from localhost (rsimmons@localhost) by mail.wlcg.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2JNEo097879 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:14:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:14:46 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons To: Subject: IBM Netfinity 5500 Network adapter Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have a IBM Netfinity 5500 8660 RR3. I have already gone through the problems with the onboard RAID card not having drivers in STABLE. I have found a solution that I will share with the list: The hot-swap backplane in these 5500's is compatible with the Dell Poweredge RAID controller PERC/DC made by american megatrends, which is supported by the amr driver. Now, the next problem with this 5500 is the network adapter, it is the standard onboard adapter which is detected as a pcn card, AMD Am79C79x PCI 10/100 NICs. After the kernel and the pcn driver are loaded the nic card seems to get turned off. No link light at either end. Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this problem? It is not a hardware problem (maybe) since linux boots up and is able to detect and use the network adapter. Last question: I noticed in the LINT config file that this type of adapter used to be handled by the lnc driver, is there a way to disable the pcn driver in the install floppies so that I can find out if the lnc driver will work? Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6tpLqv8Bofna59hYRAs3QAJ9F0v/pw89tk2E37ag0JxRbZJJ1dACdHUzC DKEzvhbAsuZeECJx2xT5frk= =07Du -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Mar 19 15:20:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (mass.dis.org [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 124B837B73D; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:20:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2JNJPg11805; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:19:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200103192319.f2JNJPg11805@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Rob Simmons Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, wpaul@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM Netfinity 5500 Network adapter In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:14:46 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:19:25 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Now, the next problem with this 5500 is the network adapter, it is the > standard onboard adapter which is detected as a pcn card, AMD Am79C79x PCI > 10/100 NICs. After the kernel and the pcn driver are loaded the nic card > seems to get turned off. No link light at either end. > > Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this problem? Yes, this was reported just recently. The chap submitting the report noted that if you boot with the cable removed, and then insert it after the system is up, the link is detected correctly. I've copied Bill Paul (the pcn driver author) on this, since he may not yet be aware of the problem, or may want to work with you to resolve it. > I noticed in the LINT config file that this type of adapter used to be > handled by the lnc driver, is there a way to disable the pcn driver in the > install floppies so that I can find out if the lnc driver will work? It won't; I've already tried it on these machines. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Mar 20 20:49:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wlcg.com (mail.wlcg.com [207.226.17.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C66D37B718; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:49:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Received: from localhost (rsimmons@localhost) by mail.wlcg.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2L4o9438335; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:50:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:50:04 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons To: Mike Smith Cc: , Subject: Re: IBM Netfinity 5500 Network adapter In-Reply-To: <200103192319.f2JNJPg11805@mass.dis.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Removing the network cord from the card while the kernel is loading does fix the problem. Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Mike Smith wrote: > > Now, the next problem with this 5500 is the network adapter, it is the > > standard onboard adapter which is detected as a pcn card, AMD Am79C79x PCI > > 10/100 NICs. After the kernel and the pcn driver are loaded the nic card > > seems to get turned off. No link light at either end. > > > > Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this problem? > > Yes, this was reported just recently. The chap submitting the report > noted that if you boot with the cable removed, and then insert it after > the system is up, the link is detected correctly. > > I've copied Bill Paul (the pcn driver author) on this, since he may not > yet be aware of the problem, or may want to work with you to resolve it. > > > I noticed in the LINT config file that this type of adapter used to be > > handled by the lnc driver, is there a way to disable the pcn driver in the > > install floppies so that I can find out if the lnc driver will work? > > It won't; I've already tried it on these machines. > > -- > ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his > rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want > to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force > people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] > V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E > > > > -- > ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his > rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want > to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force > people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] > V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6uDMBv8Bofna59hYRAqy6AKCwFj+BfEFFmUEBBXNOYPWHInG2UgCgq1tM qbmM98TxpVu0Qk+ZfCnCrns= =N8ym -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 22 6:58:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from web13208.mail.yahoo.com (web13208.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A269137B71F for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 06:58:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eduhuertas@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20010322145832.21239.qmail@web13208.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [216.72.29.115] by web13208.mail.yahoo.com; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:58:32 CST Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:58:32 -0600 (CST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Eduardo=20Huertas?= Subject: CD-Writer hp-9600si To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi everybody, I would like to know if the CD-Writer hp-9600si will work fine on my Freebsd 3.5-STABLE. I looked at the archives and only found hp-9200. Any sugestions? Thanks for your attention and your support. -edu- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Obtenga su dirección de correo-e gratis @yahoo.com en http://correo.espanol.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 22 8:44:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.johnrshannon.com (mail.johnrshannon.com [208.141.182.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAB537B71A for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:44:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john@johnrshannon.com) Received: from pablo.johnrshannon.com (pablo.johnrshannon.com [192.168.1.3]) by mail.johnrshannon.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 133961D889 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:44:35 -0700 (MST) Received: (from john@localhost) by pablo.johnrshannon.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f2MGiYh00349 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:44:34 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from john) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: "John R. Shannon" Reply-To: john@johnrshannon.com To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Multiple dumps to one tape Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:44:34 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01032108471501.02015@pablo.johnrshannon.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Organization: johnrshannon.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Is there a known problem with writing multiple archives to a Tecmar NS20 tapedrive Travan TR5)? I've tried two different units and get the same results. /sbin/dump -0a -f /dev/nrsa0 /dev/da0s1a DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon Mar 19 05:27:06 2001 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1a (/) to /dev/nrsa0 DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 37811 tape blocks. DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] DUMP: DUMP: 37814 tape blocks on 1 volume DUMP: finished in 31 seconds, throughput 1219 KBytes/sec DUMP: Closing /dev/nrsa0 DUMP: DUMP IS DONE /sbin/dump -0a -f /dev/nrsa0 /dev/da0s1e DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon Mar 19 05:27:38 2001 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1e (/usr) to /dev/nrsa0 DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 3647150 tape blocks. DUMP: write error 20 blocks into volume 1 DUMP: Do you want to restart?: ("yes" or "no") no DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. And in /var/log/messages: Mar 19 05:27:51 pablo /kernel: (sa0:adv0:0:4:0): WRITE(06). CDB: a 0 0 28 0 0 Mar 19 05:27:51 pablo /kernel: (sa0:adv0:0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:50,0 Mar 19 05:27:51 pablo /kernel: (sa0:adv0:0:4:0): Write append error OS : FreeBSD-Stable CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (999.53-MHz 686-class CPU) Tapedrive: Tecmar Travan NS20 AdvanSys SCSI Host Adapter handling tapedrive Thank you for any guidance. -- John R. Shannon john@johnrshannon.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 22 10:30:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EE1037B71E for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:30:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from zeppo.feral.com (IDENT:mjacob@zeppo [192.67.166.71]) by feral.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA15258; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:30:44 -0800 Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:30:39 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: "John R. Shannon" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiple dumps to one tape In-Reply-To: <01032108471501.02015@pablo.johnrshannon.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org (this should be under scsi@freebsd.org) Hmm. That's a new one to me. What's the EOT model (see mt(1)) set to? > Is there a known problem with writing multiple archives to a Tecmar NS20 > tapedrive Travan TR5)? I've tried two different units and get the same > results. > > > /sbin/dump -0a -f /dev/nrsa0 /dev/da0s1a > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon Mar 19 05:27:06 2001 > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch > DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1a (/) to /dev/nrsa0 > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > DUMP: estimated 37811 tape blocks. > DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] > DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] > DUMP: DUMP: 37814 tape blocks on 1 volume > DUMP: finished in 31 seconds, throughput 1219 KBytes/sec > DUMP: Closing /dev/nrsa0 > DUMP: DUMP IS DONE > /sbin/dump -0a -f /dev/nrsa0 /dev/da0s1e > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon Mar 19 05:27:38 2001 > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch > DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1e (/usr) to /dev/nrsa0 > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > DUMP: estimated 3647150 tape blocks. > DUMP: write error 20 blocks into volume 1 > DUMP: Do you want to restart?: ("yes" or "no") no > DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > > And in /var/log/messages: > Mar 19 05:27:51 pablo /kernel: (sa0:adv0:0:4:0): WRITE(06). CDB: a 0 0 28 > 0 0 > Mar 19 05:27:51 pablo /kernel: (sa0:adv0:0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:50,0 > Mar 19 05:27:51 pablo /kernel: (sa0:adv0:0:4:0): Write append error > > OS : FreeBSD-Stable > CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (999.53-MHz 686-class CPU) > Tapedrive: Tecmar Travan NS20 > AdvanSys SCSI Host Adapter handling tapedrive > > Thank you for any guidance. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 22 13:28: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from front6m.grolier.fr (front6m.grolier.fr [195.36.216.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F4E37B71E for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:27:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from loyer@ensta.fr) Received: from ensta.fr (nas17-4.wnt.club-internet.fr [213.44.176.4]) by front6m.grolier.fr (8.9.3/No_Relay+No_Spam_MGC990224) with ESMTP id WAA03625; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:27:33 +0100 (MET) Received: (from loyer@localhost) by ensta.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA36295; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:25:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from loyer) Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:25:33 +0100 From: Frederic LOYER To: "John R. Shannon" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiple dumps to one tape Message-ID: <20010322222533.A931@quickstep.localnet> References: <01032108471501.02015@pablo.johnrshannon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <01032108471501.02015@pablo.johnrshannon.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 09:44:34AM -0700, John R. Shannon wrote: > Is there a known problem with writing multiple archives to a Tecmar NS20 > tapedrive Travan TR5)? I've tried two different units and get the same > results. > > [...] > /sbin/dump -0a -f /dev/nrsa0 /dev/da0s1e > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon Mar 19 05:27:38 2001 > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch > DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1e (/usr) to /dev/nrsa0 > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > DUMP: estimated 3647150 tape blocks. > DUMP: write error 20 blocks into volume 1 > DUMP: Do you want to restart?: ("yes" or "no") no > DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > > And in /var/log/messages: > Mar 19 05:27:51 pablo /kernel: (sa0:adv0:0:4:0): WRITE(06). CDB: a 0 0 28 > 0 0 > Mar 19 05:27:51 pablo /kernel: (sa0:adv0:0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:50,0 > Mar 19 05:27:51 pablo /kernel: (sa0:adv0:0:4:0): Write append error I had the same problem with a Colorado 5Gb. I had made the attached patch to solved it (A little old... you could have some trouble to apply it). The patch does prevent FreeBSD to freeze until the end of an operation when issuing an other one. -- LOYER Frédéric --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="wst.patch" *** wst.c.orig Sat Feb 13 11:52:35 1999 --- wst.c Wed Feb 24 22:17:20 1999 *************** *** 78,83 **** --- 78,88 ---- #define WST_DEBUG 0x0010 /* Print debug info */ #define WST_CTL_WARN 0x0020 /* Have we warned about CTL wrong? */ + #define WE_OK 0 + #define WE_EOF 1 + #define WE_EOM 2 + #define WE_ERROR 3 + /* ATAPI tape commands not in std ATAPI command set */ #define ATAPI_TAPE_REWIND 0x01 #define ATAPI_TAPE_REQUEST_SENSE 0x03 *************** *** 184,194 **** --- 189,208 ---- struct atapi_params *param; /* Drive parameters table */ struct wst_header header; /* MODE SENSE param header */ struct wst_cappage cap; /* Capabilities page info */ + int resid; /* number of bytes not read */ + int pending_error; /* pending error */ #ifdef DEVFS void *cdevs; void *bdevs; #endif }; + static int lock_eof=0; /* needed for "locking" the + EOF condition when physio + execute wst_strategy twice. + + It would be best in wsttab, but this tab + is seen by wstread. + */ static struct wst *wsttab[NUNIT]; /* Drive info by unit number */ static int wstnlun = 0; /* Number of config'd drives */ *************** *** 397,402 **** --- 411,417 ---- static int wstread(dev_t dev, struct uio *uio, int ioflag) { + lock_eof=0; return (physio(wststrategy, NULL, dev, 1, minphys, uio)); } *************** *** 420,425 **** --- 435,458 ---- return; } + switch(t->pending_error) + { + case WE_OK: + break; + case WE_EOM: + t->pending_error = WE_OK; + bp->b_error = ENOSPC; + bp->b_flags |= B_ERROR; + biodone(bp); + return; + case WE_EOF: + if(!lock_eof) + t->pending_error = WE_OK; + bp->b_resid = bp->b_bcount; + biodone(bp); + return; + } + /* Check for != blocksize requests */ if (bp->b_bcount % t->blksize) { printf("wst%d: bad request, must be multiple of %d\n", lun, t->blksize); *************** *** 456,461 **** --- 489,505 ---- wakeup((caddr_t)t); } + static void + wst_wait_dsc(struct wst *t) + { + /* Sleep waiting for a ready drive (DSC) */ + if (t->ata->use_dsc && !(inb(t->ata->port + AR_STATUS) & ARS_DSC)) { + t->ata->wait_for_dsc = 1; + timeout((timeout_t*)wst_poll_dsc, t, DSC_POLL_INTERVAL); + tsleep((caddr_t) t, 0, "wstdsc", 0); + } + } + static void wst_start(struct wst *t) { *************** *** 470,481 **** if (t->ata->wait_for_dsc) printf("wst%d: ERROR! allready waiting for DSC\n", t->lun); ! /* Sleep waiting for a ready drive (DSC) */ ! if (t->ata->use_dsc && !(inb(t->ata->port + AR_STATUS) & ARS_DSC)) { ! t->ata->wait_for_dsc = 1; ! timeout((timeout_t*)wst_poll_dsc, t, DSC_POLL_INTERVAL); ! tsleep((caddr_t) t, 0, "wstdsc", 0); ! } bufq_remove(&t->buf_queue, bp); blk_count = bp->b_bcount / t->blksize; --- 514,520 ---- if (t->ata->wait_for_dsc) printf("wst%d: ERROR! allready waiting for DSC\n", t->lun); ! wst_wait_dsc(t); bufq_remove(&t->buf_queue, bp); blk_count = bp->b_bcount / t->blksize; *************** *** 502,514 **** { if (result.code) { printf("wst_done: "); ! wst_error(t, result); ! bp->b_error = EIO; ! bp->b_flags |= B_ERROR; } ! else ! bp->b_resid = resid; ! biodone(bp); /*wst_start(t);*/ } --- 541,575 ---- { if (result.code) { printf("wst_done: "); ! switch(wst_error(t, result)) ! { ! case WE_EOM: ! bp->b_resid = t->resid; ! ! if (bp->b_bcount == bp->b_resid) ! { ! bp->b_error = ENOSPC; ! bp->b_flags |= B_ERROR; ! } ! else ! t->pending_error = WE_EOM; ! break; ! ! case WE_EOF: ! bp->b_resid = t->resid; ! ! if (bp->b_resid != bp->b_bcount) ! { ! t->pending_error = WE_EOF; ! lock_eof=1; ! } ! break; ! default: ! bp->b_error = EIO; ! bp->b_flags |= B_ERROR; ! } } ! biodone(bp); /*wst_start(t);*/ } *************** *** 518,536 **** { struct wst_reqsense sense; if (result.code != RES_ERR) { printf("wst%d: ERROR code=%d, status=%b, error=%b\n", t->lun, result.code, result.status, ARS_BITS, result.error, AER_BITS); ! return 1; } ! if ((result.error & AER_SKEY) && (result.status & ARS_CHECK)) { atapi_request_immediate(t->ata, t->unit, ATAPI_TAPE_REQUEST_SENSE, 0, 0, 0, sizeof(sense), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, (char*) &sense, sizeof(struct wst_reqsense)); /*wst_dump(t->lun, "req_sense", &sense, sizeof(struct wst_reqsense));*/ } switch (result.error & AER_SKEY) { case AER_SK_NOT_READY: --- 579,620 ---- { struct wst_reqsense sense; + t->resid = -1; if (result.code != RES_ERR) { printf("wst%d: ERROR code=%d, status=%b, error=%b\n", t->lun, result.code, result.status, ARS_BITS, result.error, AER_BITS); ! return WE_ERROR; } ! if (result.status & ARS_CHECK) { atapi_request_immediate(t->ata, t->unit, ATAPI_TAPE_REQUEST_SENSE, 0, 0, 0, sizeof(sense), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, (char*) &sense, sizeof(struct wst_reqsense)); /*wst_dump(t->lun, "req_sense", &sense, sizeof(struct wst_reqsense));*/ + + if (t->flags & WST_DEBUG) + printf("wst%d: valid:%d, key:%x ili:%d, oem:%d, fm:%d\n", + t->lun, sense.valid, sense.sense_key, + sense.ili, sense.eom, sense.filemark); + + if (sense.error_code != 0x70) + return WE_ERROR; + + t->resid=(long)ntohl(sense.info) * t->blksize; + switch (sense.sense_key) { + case 0x00: + case 0x01: + if (sense.eom) + return WE_EOM; + if (sense.filemark) + return WE_EOF; + + return WE_OK; + default: + return WE_ERROR; + } } switch (result.error & AER_SKEY) { case AER_SK_NOT_READY: *************** *** 593,599 **** printf("total=%u ERR=%x len=%ld ASC=%x ASCQ=%x\n", wst_total, sense.error_code, (long)ntohl(sense.info), sense.asc, sense.ascq); ! return 1; } int --- 677,690 ---- printf("total=%u ERR=%x len=%ld ASC=%x ASCQ=%x\n", wst_total, sense.error_code, (long)ntohl(sense.info), sense.asc, sense.ascq); ! ! switch (result.error & ~AER_SKEY) ! { ! case AER_EOM: ! return WE_EOM; ! default: ! return WE_ERROR; ! } } int *************** *** 699,704 **** --- 790,796 ---- ATAPI_TAPE_SPACE_CMD, function, count>>16, count>>8, count, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL, 0); + wst_wait_dsc(t); if (result.code) { printf("wst_space_cmd: "); wst_error(t, result); *************** *** 721,726 **** --- 813,819 ---- result = atapi_request_wait(t->ata, t->unit, ATAPI_TAPE_WEOF, 0, 0, 0, function, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL, 0); + wst_wait_dsc(t); if (result.code) { printf("wst_write_filemark: "); wst_error(t, result); *************** *** 737,742 **** --- 830,836 ---- result = atapi_request_wait(t->ata, t->unit, ATAPI_TAPE_LOAD_UNLOAD, 0, 0, 0, function, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL, 0); + wst_wait_dsc(t); if (result.code) { printf("wst_load_unload: "); wst_error(t, result); *************** *** 757,762 **** --- 851,857 ---- ATAPI_TAPE_ERASE, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL, 0); + wst_wait_dsc(t); if (result.code) { printf("wst_erase: "); wst_error(t, result); *************** *** 774,779 **** --- 869,875 ---- ATAPI_TAPE_REWIND, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL, 0); + wst_wait_dsc(t); if (result.code) { printf("wst_rewind: "); wst_error(t, result); --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 22 14:49:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from aragorn.neomedia.it (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.103.207.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A39537B718 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:49:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bartequi@neomedia.it) Received: (from httpd@localhost) by aragorn.neomedia.it (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f2MMnYk29781 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 23:49:34 +0100 (CET) To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: ADSL "modems" & ADSL (PPP over ATM) Message-ID: <985301373.3aba817d4fa9a@webmail.neomedia.it> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 23:49:33 +0100 (CET) From: Salvo Bartolotta MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.4-cvs X-WebMail-Company: Neomedia s.a.s. X-Originating-IP: 62.98.162.212 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear FreeBSD'ers, I am not sure where these questions should be posted, either. BTW, I have been browsing the archives and reading a little material -- in particular, the article (in German) on PPPoE by Udo Erdelhoff. Yet I am a little confused :-) I would like to switch to ADSL for my home connection, and I am going to realize a small LAN at home (two 'puters, to begin with). My FreeBSD box should work as firewall/gateway and as... my beloved bloat^H^H^H^Hworkstation platform. An interesting Italian ADSL ISP utilizes "PPP over ATM". I would like to learn more on this (as opposed to PPPoE) in conjunction with FreeBSD, as well as learning on possible/recommended ADSL modems (or even routers) for this specific (?) case. The modem Alcatel Speed Touch Home is reported to work. However, this ISP also states that "Linux/Unix will only work with a router; Linux/Unix will work with no ADSL modem -- neither USB link nor Ethernet" [sic]. I have read the cheat sheet at http://www.mostgraveconcern/freebsd/dsl.html, and I seem to understand that an ADSL modem such as Alcatel Speed touch home and a [good] supported network card (Intel Etherexpress Pro 100 ?) should do the job. I also seem to understand that problems do arise for USB modems, eg 3Com dual link, as reported in a recent thread. Am I missing something? Thanks for any pointers, suggestions, recommendations. And apologies for the dumb/newbieish questions. -- Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 22 14:56: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (mass.dis.org [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D194437B719 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:55:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2MMsws02971; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:54:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200103222254.f2MMsws02971@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Salvo Bartolotta Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL "modems" & ADSL (PPP over ATM) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 22 Mar 2001 23:49:33 +0100." <985301373.3aba817d4fa9a@webmail.neomedia.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 14:54:58 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > The modem Alcatel Speed Touch Home is reported to work. However, this ISP also > states that "Linux/Unix will only work with a router; Linux/Unix will work with > no ADSL modem -- neither USB link nor Ethernet" [sic]. I have used PPPoE with the Alcatel Speed Touch Home device (in non-router configuration) and FreeBSD; it works fine and just as documented. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 23 1:26:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F77837B71D for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 01:26:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:26:35 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9A9D@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: 'Salvo Bartolotta' Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: ADSL "modems" & ADSL (PPP over ATM) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:26:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Salvo, > > The modem Alcatel Speed Touch Home is reported to work. > KPN has launched their ADSL product (named Mxstream) in the Netherlands based on these modems. I've written a howto for Mxstream and FreeBSD. Perhaps there are some pointers in there that you can use. http://kjkoster.org/index.jsp?page=content/adsl.jsp KPN have added a dashboard of some sort that you need to log into to get onto the Internet. This is likely to be different for your ISP. Alcatel's USB speedtouch modems are not likely to work with FreeBSD, unless someone (Alcatel? :) writes a driver for them. Kees Jan ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 23 7: 8:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from Interfaker.ccsis.msk.ru (ccsis-kiae.dialup.relcom.ru [193.125.222.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0CD337B71F for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 07:08:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nms@ccsis.msk.ru) Received: by Interfaker.ccsis.msk.ru (Postfix, from userid 1002) id A1BDB66; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:10:44 +0300 (MSK) From: Nikolai Saoukh To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: ttr: Shared-RAM (a.k.a. TROPIC) token ring adapter driver (beta) available Message-Id: <20010323151044.A1BDB66@Interfaker.ccsis.msk.ru> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:10:44 +0300 (MSK) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The driver available at http://www.otdel-1.org/nms/tr/ttr.tar.gz One also need orm driver submitted as kern/22078. It available also at http://www.otdel-1.org/nms/tr/orm.tar.gz Installation for both drivers: Drivers where developed under 4.2-STABLE, but should run under -CURRENT too (at least I hope so). Unpack archives in any directory and do (for both drivers) make make install Add the following to /boot/loader.conf verboseboot="YES" orm_load="YES" if_ttr_load="YES" I am interested in succcess/failure cases, so PLEASE do not hesitate to send me dmesg output. Some debug output still present in ttr driver. English is not my native language so feel free to extend/edit manual pages, where appropriate (do not forget submit your changes to me). Plans: Netgraph only driver and any additional modules required. Additional buses (PCMCIA, MCA, EISA, PCI, CardBus) if I see interest. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 23 9:12:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from net.bluemoon.net (bluemoon.net [206.42.160.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9915A37B719; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 09:12:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@net.bluemoon.net) Received: from net.bluemoon.net (root@bluemoon.net [206.42.160.100]) by net.bluemoon.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f2NHCEf69039; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:12:14 -0500 (EST) (mail-from root@net.bluemoon.net) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:12:14 -0500 (EST) From: Blue Moon Network Administrator Reply-To: Blue Moon Network Administrator To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: 4.2 Release isa_probe_children hang at boot Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I saw three messages in the archives and have seen references to at least two other folks who are having Gigabyte BX problems related to a boot hang with 4.2 and a Gigabyte 6BXU motherboard. Same thing is happening to me now, but it seems to be directly related to a Barracuda SE SCSI disk! I apologize if this has been discussed/solved previously, but I can't find any more in the archives about it and I'm at a dead end now. The 6BXU has an onboard Adaptec 7890/91, currently I have one Seagate ST39173N 9 gig SE Ultra Barracuda hanging off it. 20MB/s jobby. I have 4.2 Rel installed from CD on a Quantum 6.4 Fireball IDE and all is well without the Barracuda in play on the generic kernel. Take the drive off the cable or disable the onboard SCSI in the bios and it boots up and acts normal. Reenable the Barracuda and no matter what is enabled/disabled in the boot config or the MB or SCSI bios and it hangs at isa_probe_children in boot -v. The marked out devs are displayed as disabled and then it hangs at isa_probe_children, for at least an hour, haven't tried longer yet. Is this issue currently under investigation? Any fixes or workarounds known? I did have this disk online and in use under 3.51 Rel as a data drive, but after upgrading via CD to 4.2 (I had to remove it for the install, same hang) no matter what I do I can't boot the box up past that isa_probe_children point. I'm running the same MB on a 3.3 box (I know, I need to upgrade, that's what THIS box is for) with both LVD and SE drives without problems, well none that are related to FBSD anyway :) Are there any other lists to which this should also be posted? Here's the vitals with SCSI disabled on the MB to get to dmesg and a few comments where appllicable: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Nov 20 13:02:55 GMT 2000 jkh@bento.FreeBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC Calibrating clock(s) ... TSC clock: 549059762 Hz, i8254 clock: 1193177 Hz CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz CLK_USE_TSC_CALIBRATION not specified - using old calibration method CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (549.07-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x673 Stepping = 3 Features=0x387f9ff on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface pci_open(1): mode 1 addr port (0x0cf8) is 0x00000000 pci_open(1a): mode1res=0x80000000 (0x80000000) pci_cfgcheck: device 0 [class=060000] [hdr=00] is there (id=71908086) pcib0: on motherboard x - Removed all the debug found-> entries between pci1/2, 11 of them. pci0: on pcib0 pcib1: at device 1.0 on pci0 x - another found-> pci1: on pcib1 pci1: (vendor=0x5333, dev=0x8a22) at 0.0 irq 15 isab0: at device 7.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 atapci0: port 0xf000-0xf00f at device 7.1 on pci0 x - ata stats uhci0: has disabled support on the MB chip1: port 0x5000-0x500f at device 7.3 on pci0 fxp0: port 0xd400-0xd43f mem 0xf1000000-0xf10fffff,0xf1202000-0xf1202fff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci0 fxp0: Ethernet address 00:02:b3:16:f0:92 bpf: fxp0 attached pci0: (vendor=0x1102, dev=0x0002) at 10.0 irq 10 pci0: (vendor=0x1102, dev=0x7002) at 10.1 fxp1: port 0xe000-0xe03f mem 0xf1100000-0xf11fffff,0xf1200000-0xf1200fff irq 5 at device 11.0 on pci0 fxp1: Ethernet address 00:90:27:a8:c7:ba bpf: fxp1 attached ahc0: irq 15 at device 12.0 on pci0 ahc0: can't allocate register resources device_probe_and_attach: ahc0 attach returned 12 ata-: ata0 exists, using next available unit number ata-: ata1 exists, using next available unit number (SCSI disabled to get it booted, ie: no ahc) Trying Read_Port at 203 Trying Read_Port at 243 Trying Read_Port at 283 Trying Read_Port at 2c3 Trying Read_Port at 303 Trying Read_Port at 343 Trying Read_Port at 383 Trying Read_Port at 3c3 isa_probe_children: disabling PnP devices isa_probe_children: probing non-PnP devices fdc0: at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 ata2 failed to probe at port 0x1f0 irq 14 on isa0 (Only using primary IDE) x - more disabled devs, ata3, adv0, bt0, aha0, aic0 atkbdc0: at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 (verbosity) kbd0 at atkbd0 kbd0: atkbd0, AT 101/102 (2), config:0x1, flags:0x3d0000 vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 (verbosity) sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sc0: fb0, kbd0, terminal emulator: sc (syscons terminal) More disabled, pcic0, pcic1, sio0, sio1, sio2, sio3, ppc0, ed0, fe0, ie0, lnc0, cs0, sn0. Then, ta da: isa_probe_children: probing PnP devices That's the point it hangs when the Barracuda is active on the SE SCSI bus. Good termination, worked fine on 3.51 Rel. Next as we continue booting: BIOS Geometries: 0:030efe3f 0..782=783 cylinders, 0..254=255 heads, 1..63=63 sectors 0 accounted for Device configuration finished. bpf: faith0 attached bpf: gif0 attached bpf: gif1 attached bpf: gif2 attached bpf: gif3 attached bpf: lo0 attached bpf: ppp0 attached new masks: bio 684040, tty 630002, net 670822 bpf: sl0 attached ata0-master: success setting UDMA2 on PIIX4 chip Creating DISK ad0 Creating DISK wd0 ad0: ATA-3 disk at ata0-master ad0: 6149MB (12594960 sectors), 13328 cyls, 15 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S ad0: 16 secs/int, 1 depth queue, UDMA33 ad0: piomode=4 dmamode=2 udmamode=2 cblid=0 ad0: 6149MB [13328/15/63] at ata0-master UDMA33 ata0-slave: piomode=4 dmamode=2 udmamode=-1 dmaflag=1 ata0-slave: success setting PIO4 on generic chip acd0: CDROM drive at ata0 as slave acd0: read 4136KB/s (4136KB/s), 256KB buffer, PIO4 acd0: Reads: acd0: Audio: play, 256 volume levels acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray acd0: Medium: CD-ROM 120mm data/audio disc loaded, unlocked, lock protected Mounting root from ufs:/dev/wd0s1a wd0s1: type 0xa5, start 63, end = 12594959, size 12594897 wd0s1: C/H/S end 782/254/63 (12578894) != end 12594959: invalid start_init: trying /sbin/init I've been hammering at this for about 8 hours+ now and still can't get past the isa_probe_children with the Barracuda active. I'm almost ready to backdate to 3.51, but I'd _hate_ to do that. Henry J. Henry Priebe Jr. Blue Moon President & Network Administrator root@bluemoon.net www.bluemoon.net - Blue Moon Internet Corp V.90, X2 & K56flex www.railfan.net - The Railfan Network To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 23 10:27:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from chmod.ath.cx (CC2-1242.charter-stl.com [24.217.116.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37F8037B71D; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:27:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ajh3@chmod.ath.cx) Received: by chmod.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1EC35A90F; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:26:30 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:26:30 -0600 From: Andrew Hesford To: Blue Moon Network Administrator Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.2 Release isa_probe_children hang at boot Message-ID: <20010323122630.A65654@cec.wustl.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from root@net.bluemoon.net on Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:12:14PM -0500 X-Loop: Andrew Hesford Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org When something like this happens, you always want to make sure your system is updated before claiming something is broken. 4.2-RELEASE has been out for some time now, and 4-STABLE is under constant development. Check the handbook on freesd.org for instructions on cvsup'ing and rebuilding your system. See if that doesn't fix your problem. On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:12:14PM -0500, Blue Moon Network Administrator wrote: > > I saw three messages in the archives and have seen references to at > least two other folks who are having Gigabyte BX problems related to a boot > hang with 4.2 and a Gigabyte 6BXU motherboard. Same thing is happening to > me now, but it seems to be directly related to a Barracuda SE SCSI disk! -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 23 10:44:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wlcg.com (mail.wlcg.com [207.226.17.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00EA637B71A for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:44:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Received: from localhost (rsimmons@localhost) by mail.wlcg.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2NIiUB33097; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:44:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:44:22 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons To: Andrew Hesford Cc: Blue Moon Network Administrator , Subject: Re: 4.2 Release isa_probe_children hang at boot In-Reply-To: <20010323122630.A65654@cec.wustl.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Also, a good way to figure out if something like that has been fixed without digging too deeply is to grab the newest snap floppies from releng4.freebsd.org and trying to boot the machine with them. Of course, if the driver you are testing is not part of the GENERIC kernel this won't help much. Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote: > When something like this happens, you always want to make sure your > system is updated before claiming something is broken. 4.2-RELEASE has > been out for some time now, and 4-STABLE is under constant development. > > Check the handbook on freesd.org for instructions on cvsup'ing and > rebuilding your system. See if that doesn't fix your problem. > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:12:14PM -0500, Blue Moon Network Administrator wrote: > > > > I saw three messages in the archives and have seen references to at > > least two other folks who are having Gigabyte BX problems related to a boot > > hang with 4.2 and a Gigabyte 6BXU motherboard. Same thing is happening to > > me now, but it seems to be directly related to a Barracuda SE SCSI disk! > -- > Andrew Hesford > ajh3@chmod.ath.cx > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6u5mOv8Bofna59hYRAgGQAKCM+6etAZ0n4sR4wKCT6iKB1tpgKACdESlO /jwTlCI290xAUwd8U4VvLJ4= =/LVB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 23 20:56: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from chmod.ath.cx (CC2-1242.charter-stl.com [24.217.116.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A76537B718 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:56:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ajh3@chmod.ath.cx) Received: by chmod.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BE4A1A910; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 22:55:25 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 22:55:25 -0600 From: Andrew Hesford To: Rob Simmons Cc: Andrew Hesford , Blue Moon Network Administrator , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2 Release isa_probe_children hang at boot Message-ID: <20010323225525.A66575@cec.wustl.edu> References: <20010323122630.A65654@cec.wustl.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from rsimmons@wlcg.com on Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 01:44:22PM -0500 X-Loop: Andrew Hesford Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org True, but I believe in rebuilding the world every time my uptime gets around 3-4 days. ;) I'm one of those people who is anal-retentive about keeping an up-to-date system, I guess. On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 01:44:22PM -0500, Rob Simmons wrote: > Also, a good way to figure out if something like that has been fixed > without digging too deeply is to grab the newest snap floppies from > releng4.freebsd.org and trying to boot the machine with them. Of course, > if the driver you are testing is not part of the GENERIC kernel this won't > help much. -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 23 23:16: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from secui.com (webmail.secui.com [210.118.85.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ECC837B71B for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 23:15:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamester@secui.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by secui.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA21755 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org.procmail; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:20:04 +0900 Received: from ilhwan ([210.118.82.2]) by secui.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA21748 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:20:03 +0900 Message-ID: <004901c0b433$ea4228b0$2306040b@ilhwan> From: =?ks_c_5601-1987?B?scfAz8iv?= To: Subject: Help with ServerWorks chipset Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:27:12 +0900 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="ks_c_5601-1987" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by secui.com id QAA21748 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Message 

How are you? 
I have run into some question running FreeBSD.

I am running FreeBSD 4.1.1 on a Tyan board what has ServerWorks ServerSet III HE-SL chipset.
I am not sure if FreeBSD 4.1.1 recognize ServerSet III HE-SL chipset.
Followings are the messages regarding PCI bud on the boot up.

<----------------------------------------------->
pcib0 :  on motherboard.
pci0 :  on pcib0
pcib4 :  at device 0.1 on pci0
pci1 :  on pcib4
pci1 :  at 0.0
pci0 :   at device 15.0 on pci0
isa0 :  on isab0
.
.
.
pcib1 :  on motherboard
pci2 :  on pcib1
tio0 : <3Com 3c985-SX Gigabit Ethernet> mem 0xfebfc00-0xfebfffff irq 9 at device 2.0 on pci2
tio0 : Ethernet address : 00:60:08:a1:e4
pcib2 :  on motherboard
pci3 :  on pcib2
pcib3 :  on motherboard
pci4 :  on pcib3
<------------------------------------------------>

ServerSet III HE-SL use following 3 chips.
NB6576 : north bridge
SB7440 : south bridge
NB6555 : PCI bus bridge 

As you can see from above messages, ServerWorks chips are correctly detected. (vendor=1166)
However, only 2 chips are detected.  In addition, pcib1 is .
I suspect that FreeBSD detects HE-SL chipset as LE chipset that uses only 2 chips (NB6635 and IB6566).

Does FreeBSD 4.1.1 detects ServerWorks III HE-SL chipset?
If FreeBSD does not confuse HE-SL with LE, does FreeBSD really utilize full capacity of HE-SL chipset?
 
Please help me with this.
Any information will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

-James Kwon
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 1: 3:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from tango.SoftHome.net (tango.SoftHome.net [204.144.231.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8C6C237B719 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 01:03:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asr@softhome.net) Received: (qmail 10156 invoked by uid 417); 24 Mar 2001 09:15:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO softhome.net) (203.129.230.100) by r-softhome-smtpa-231 with SMTP; 24 Mar 2001 09:15:10 -0000 Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:39:59 +0530 (IST) From: "Ashutosh S. Rajekar" X-Sender: asr@vangogh.org To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD/Linux on Aci-ACUMEN laptop Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, I'm thinking of purchasing an Aci ACUMEN laptop (AMD-K6-2 500Mhz, 64Mb RAM, 6GB HDD, etc). I would definitely like to run FreeBSD or Linux on it (probably both). Can anyone contribute his/her experience with installation of FreeBSD/Linux on this particular laptop ? Thanks, Ashutosh S. Rajekar --------------------------------------------------------------------- ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ (\ Indra Networks Pvt. Ltd `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) Pune, INDIA. (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' mailto: asr@softhome.net _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' http://www.rajekar.org (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' http://www.indranetworks.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 7:28:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ftp.nvg.com (ftp.nvg.com [199.179.254.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CD8E37B71A for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 07:28:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Ed.Henderson@Certainty.net) Received: from pnt004 (vsat-148-63-55-208.c1.sb4.mcl.starband.net [148.63.55.208]) by ftp.nvg.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA00503 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 10:23:16 -0500 (EST) From: "Ed Henderson" To: Subject: Server MB suggestions? Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 10:23:04 -0500 Message-ID: <000d01c0b476$532a5e00$0464a8c0@pnt004> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I am planning to use FreeBSD as my primary OS for an ISP that I am = starting. I am beginning my research for the best motherboard/hardware = to use for a production environment. One that is reliable and performs = well (with reliable being the number=20 one priority!). I plan to build the server myself. My background has = been in Solaris on Sun equipment so most of the hardware choices were = already made for me! Here are some questions that I have: 1. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good MB to use? Or what = chipset is the best and most stable with FreeBSD? I plan to use AMD = Athlon chips, tower case, IDE drives/peripherals, at least 256MB RAM. = Budget is limited since we are just beginning: approx. $1300 per server = (not including tape drive which is seperate see #3 below). Servers will = host typical ISP apps: DNS, RADIUS, mail, Apache, etc. 2. What IDE controllers do your recommend? Or would SCSI be better (but = more costly)? I want to use at least RAID1 mirroring for some = redundancy. 3. Any reliable tape drive suggestions? I have budgeted $1500 for a tape = drive. 4. I am most familiar with building MSWindows systems and most of the = time MB/chipsets require add'l software/drivers to be loaded when = installing MSWindows. Since most boards are designed with MSWindows in = mind does this present a problem when using FreeBSD as the OS? Thanks for the input! Ed. =20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 8:49: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ftp.nvg.com (ftp.nvg.com [199.179.254.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E9F837B718 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 08:48:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Ed.Henderson@Certainty.net) Received: from pnt004 (vsat-148-63-55-208.c1.sb4.mcl.starband.net [148.63.55.208]) by ftp.nvg.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA10641; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 11:43:24 -0500 (EST) From: "Ed Henderson" To: "'Andrew C. Hornback'" , Subject: RE: Server MB suggestions? Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 11:43:13 -0500 Message-ID: <001301c0b481$856bf6c0$0464a8c0@pnt004> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <003201c0b480$1ae988e0$0e00000a@tomcat> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > I am planning to use FreeBSD as my primary OS for an ISP that I > > am starting. I am beginning my research for the best > > motherboard/hardware to use for a production environment. One > > that is reliable and performs well (with reliable being the number > > one priority!). I plan to build the server myself. My > > background has been in Solaris on Sun equipment so most of the > > hardware choices were already made for me! >=20 > Umm, so you've never heard of Solaris on the x86=20 > platform? Wierd... that's > what my file server is running (based on the fact that Solaris and not > FreeBSD or even Linux has drivers for the RAID controller in it) >=20 > I have seriously considered Solaris on Intel due to my background but am = not sure how it would perform in a production situation. What has been = your experience with Solaris on Intel? What RAID controller are you = talking about? Thanks, Ed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 12:10:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wlcg.com (mail.wlcg.com [207.226.17.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDEFD37B71A for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 12:10:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Received: from localhost (rsimmons@localhost) by mail.wlcg.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2OKB4u51540; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:11:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:11:00 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons To: Ed Henderson Cc: Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? In-Reply-To: <000d01c0b476$532a5e00$0464a8c0@pnt004> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 I've had no problems with Asus motherboards. They are quite solid. I'm using the A7V with athlon processors for the most recent servers that I've built. Whereever I need RAID I've been using the Dell PERC/DC made by American Megatrends. It uses standard CL2 DIMM memory and is supported by the amr driver. As for a tape drive, I use the HP Surestore DDS3 6 tape changer. If you want something more reliable than DDS, which is probably one of the more reliable helical scan tape drives, look into DLT drives. They can get expensive, but they are much more reliable than DDS. One last thing. The Asus A7V has some wierdness with the ata driver in freebsd. I would not recommend using it in a server role if you were going to run ata drives on it - for now, until the ata driver problem is fixed. Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Ed Henderson wrote: > I am planning to use FreeBSD as my primary OS for an ISP that I am starting. I am beginning my research for the best motherboard/hardware to use for a production environment. One that is reliable and performs well (with reliable being the number > one priority!). I plan to build the server myself. My background has been in Solaris on Sun equipment so most of the hardware choices were already made for me! > > Here are some questions that I have: > 1. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good MB to use? Or what chipset is the best and most stable with FreeBSD? I plan to use AMD Athlon chips, tower case, IDE drives/peripherals, at least 256MB RAM. Budget is limited since we are just beginning: approx. $1300 per server (not including tape drive which is seperate see #3 below). Servers will host typical ISP apps: DNS, RADIUS, mail, Apache, etc. > > 2. What IDE controllers do your recommend? Or would SCSI be better (but more costly)? I want to use at least RAID1 mirroring for some redundancy. > > 3. Any reliable tape drive suggestions? I have budgeted $1500 for a tape drive. > > 4. I am most familiar with building MSWindows systems and most of the time MB/chipsets require add'l software/drivers to be loaded when installing MSWindows. Since most boards are designed with MSWindows in mind does this present a problem when using FreeBSD as the OS? > > Thanks for the input! > Ed. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6vP9Yv8Bofna59hYRAxbqAJ9j3Zs1HYAwGrXz/0hp1fFqKx2oeQCgstBq TJQ32QQonYgtcfZgs7Mdo+Y= =KSxa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 12:14:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from zogbe.tasam.com (hc6526bd1.dhcp.vt.edu [198.82.107.209]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDBE037B719 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 12:14:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from clash@fireduck.com) Received: from blah (hc6526bd1.dhcp.vt.edu [198.82.107.209]) by zogbe.tasam.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id f2OKEjR24833; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:14:45 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <00f301c0b49f$115ed040$dc02010a@fireduck.com> From: "Joseph Gleason" To: "Ed Henderson" , References: <000d01c0b476$532a5e00$0464a8c0@pnt004> Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:14:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I can answer at least a few questions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Henderson" To: Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 10:23 Subject: Server MB suggestions? > I am planning to use FreeBSD as my primary OS for an ISP that I am starting. I am beginning my research for the best motherboard/hardware to use for a production environment. One that is reliable and performs well (with reliable being the number > one priority!). I plan to build the server myself. My background has been in Solaris on Sun equipment so most of the hardware choices were already made for me! > > Here are some questions that I have: > 1. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good MB to use? Or what chipset is the best and most stable with FreeBSD? I plan to use AMD Athlon chips, tower case, IDE drives/peripherals, at least 256MB RAM. Budget is limited since we are just beginning: approx. $1300 per server (not including tape drive which is seperate see #3 below). Servers will host typical ISP apps: DNS, RADIUS, mail, Apache, etc. > > 2. What IDE controllers do your recommend? Or would SCSI be better (but more costly)? I want to use at least RAID1 mirroring for some redundancy. I strongly recommend IBM deskstar drives with Promise IDE controlers. I have had great experience with those. They are fairly cheap and have great performance. If you need any sort of RAID, looks into 3ware ide raid cards (http://www.3ware.com/). Just remember, RAID does not protect you from opperator error or hackers deleting all your files. Since you are also asking about tape stuff, I assume you are aware of this. ;-) > > 3. Any reliable tape drive suggestions? I have budgeted $1500 for a tape drive. I'm not sure about specific hardware (my partner is doing all this work on this project), but I would recommend a single box on your network that has a tape changer and is running amanda (from ports tree). > > 4. I am most familiar with building MSWindows systems and most of the time MB/chipsets require add'l software/drivers to be loaded when installing MSWindows. Since most boards are designed with MSWindows in mind does this present a problem when using FreeBSD as the OS? I have never personally had a problem with FreeBSD not working with any particular motherboards. I'm sure someone else can give a better answer to this question. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 12:22:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wlcg.com (mail.wlcg.com [207.226.17.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4968837B71A for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 12:22:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Received: from localhost (rsimmons@localhost) by mail.wlcg.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2OKMQV51646; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:22:26 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:22:21 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons To: Joseph Gleason Cc: Ed Henderson , Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? In-Reply-To: <00f301c0b49f$115ed040$dc02010a@fireduck.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 On the note of amanda: It is a good idea to use ssh or stunnel to port forward the amanda dumps between machines. Remeber that someone could use something like tcpflow to sniff and reconstruct the dump file that is being sent, then restore your slash partition to their machine and read the /etc/master.passwd and run an MD5 dictionary attack on the passwords contained there :) Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Joseph Gleason wrote: > I can answer at least a few questions. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Henderson" > To: > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 10:23 > Subject: Server MB suggestions? > > > > I am planning to use FreeBSD as my primary OS for an ISP that I am > starting. I am beginning my research for the best motherboard/hardware to > use for a production environment. One that is reliable and performs well > (with reliable being the number > > one priority!). I plan to build the server myself. My background has > been in Solaris on Sun equipment so most of the hardware choices were > already made for me! > > > > Here are some questions that I have: > > 1. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good MB to use? Or what chipset > is the best and most stable with FreeBSD? I plan to use AMD Athlon chips, > tower case, IDE drives/peripherals, at least 256MB RAM. Budget is limited > since we are just beginning: approx. $1300 per server (not including tape > drive which is seperate see #3 below). Servers will host typical ISP apps: > DNS, RADIUS, mail, Apache, etc. > > > > 2. What IDE controllers do your recommend? Or would SCSI be better (but > more costly)? I want to use at least RAID1 mirroring for some redundancy. > > I strongly recommend IBM deskstar drives with Promise IDE controlers. I > have had great experience with those. They are fairly cheap and have great > performance. If you need any sort of RAID, looks into 3ware ide raid cards > (http://www.3ware.com/). Just remember, RAID does not protect you from > opperator error or hackers deleting all your files. Since you are also > asking about tape stuff, I assume you are aware of this. ;-) > > > > > > 3. Any reliable tape drive suggestions? I have budgeted $1500 for a tape > drive. > > I'm not sure about specific hardware (my partner is doing all this work on > this project), but I would recommend a single box on your network that has a > tape changer and is running amanda (from ports tree). > > > > > 4. I am most familiar with building MSWindows systems and most of the time > MB/chipsets require add'l software/drivers to be loaded when installing > MSWindows. Since most boards are designed with MSWindows in mind does this > present a problem when using FreeBSD as the OS? > > > I have never personally had a problem with FreeBSD not working with any > particular motherboards. I'm sure someone else can give a better answer to > this question. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6vQICv8Bofna59hYRA1fcAJ9hqnigS6czZ9x741UK7U58KZ+jZwCeIBSq 7TNWsoRHd7k7YVQRSoUr4yc= =FXUa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 14:11:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B84C537B737 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:11:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oberman@ptavv.es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f2OMB9c06348; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:11:09 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200103242211.f2OMB9c06348@ptavv.es.net> To: Rob Simmons Cc: Ed Henderson , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:11:00 EST." Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:11:09 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:11:00 -0500 (EST) > From: Rob Simmons > Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > I've had no problems with Asus motherboards. They are quite solid. I'm > using the A7V with athlon processors for the most recent servers that I've > built. Whereever I need RAID I've been using the Dell PERC/DC made by > American Megatrends. It uses standard CL2 DIMM memory and is supported by > the amr driver. As for a tape drive, I use the HP Surestore DDS3 6 tape > changer. If you want something more reliable than DDS, which is probably > one of the more reliable helical scan tape drives, look into DLT drives. > They can get expensive, but they are much more reliable than DDS. This is twice I have seen messages claiming that the PERC is an AMI device. But the source code, LINT file and the message my PowerEdge prints at initialization claim that this is an Adaptec FSA controller. Mine certainly uses the aac driver. # Adaptec FSA RAID controllers, including integrated DELL controller, # the Dell PERC 2/QC and the HP NetRAID-4M # # AAC_COMPAT_LINUX Include code to support Linux-binary management # utilities (requires Linux compatibility # support). # device aac Or is the PERC/DC a totally different controller? R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 14:43:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ajax1.sovam.com (ajax1.sovam.com [194.67.1.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E899937B71B for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:43:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from avn@any.ru) Received: from ts9-a240.dial.sovam.com ([195.239.70.240]:1058 "EHLO ts9-a240.dial.sovam.com" ident: "avn" whoson: "-unregistered-" smtp-auth: TLS-CIPHER: TLS-PEER: ) by ajax1.sovam.com with ESMTP id ; Sun, 25 Mar 2001 01:42:57 +0300 Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 01:45:54 +0300 (MSK) From: "Alexey V. Neyman" X-X-Sender: To: Rob Simmons Cc: Ed Henderson , Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello there! >One last thing. The Asus A7V has some wierdness with the ata driver in >freebsd. I would not recommend using it in a server role if you were >going to run ata drives on it - for now, until the ata driver problem is >fixed. I've experienced these problems on my A7V133 (VIA KT133A chipset), though they've been solved with upgrade of flash bios to v1004. Now it runs smooth under all OSes I tested (FreeBSD 4.3-RC, Win95OSR2, WinME, MSDOS6.22). Just in case that someone if facing the same problems I did :) # Alexey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 14:50:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wlcg.com (mail.wlcg.com [207.226.17.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8B5137B719 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:50:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Received: from localhost (rsimmons@localhost) by mail.wlcg.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2OMo5A52835; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 17:50:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 17:50:02 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons To: Kevin Oberman Cc: Ed Henderson , Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? In-Reply-To: <200103242211.f2OMB9c06348@ptavv.es.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 The PERC/DC is made by American Megatrends. The PERC 2 and 3 are made by Adaptec. Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:11:00 -0500 (EST) > > From: Rob Simmons > > Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > I've had no problems with Asus motherboards. They are quite solid. I'm > > using the A7V with athlon processors for the most recent servers that I've > > built. Whereever I need RAID I've been using the Dell PERC/DC made by > > American Megatrends. It uses standard CL2 DIMM memory and is supported by > > the amr driver. As for a tape drive, I use the HP Surestore DDS3 6 tape > > changer. If you want something more reliable than DDS, which is probably > > one of the more reliable helical scan tape drives, look into DLT drives. > > They can get expensive, but they are much more reliable than DDS. > > This is twice I have seen messages claiming that the PERC is an AMI > device. But the source code, LINT file and the message my PowerEdge > prints at initialization claim that this is an Adaptec FSA > controller. Mine certainly uses the aac driver. > > # Adaptec FSA RAID controllers, including integrated DELL controller, > # the Dell PERC 2/QC and the HP NetRAID-4M > # > # AAC_COMPAT_LINUX Include code to support Linux-binary management > # utilities (requires Linux compatibility > # support). > # > device aac > > Or is the PERC/DC a totally different controller? > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6vSSdv8Bofna59hYRAxCWAJ4yKB+i0SPjzME4AcreQY/sV82aiwCgokQn 3oC/eXkpAgZSNXtAtGG+1mw= =ykta -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 15:31:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (mass.dis.org [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A18C37B71A for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:31:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2ONUmA01185; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:30:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200103242330.f2ONUmA01185@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Ed Henderson" Cc: "'Andrew C. Hornback'" , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 24 Mar 2001 11:43:13 EST." <001301c0b481$856bf6c0$0464a8c0@pnt004> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:30:48 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > platform? Wierd... that's > > what my file server is running (based on the fact that Solaris and no= t > > FreeBSD or even Linux has drivers for the RAID controller in it) > > I have seriously considered Solaris on Intel due to my background but a= m > not sure how it would perform in a production situation. What has been= > your experience with Solaris on Intel? What RAID controller are you > talking about? I'm also interested to know which RAID controller this is. 8) -- = =2E.. every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 15:38:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (mass.dis.org [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6CCB37B71A for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:38:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2ONbfA01271; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:37:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200103242337.f2ONbfA01271@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Kevin Oberman" Cc: Rob Simmons , Ed Henderson , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:11:09 PST." <200103242211.f2OMB9c06348@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:37:41 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > built. Whereever I need RAID I've been using the Dell PERC/DC made by > > American Megatrends. It uses standard CL2 DIMM memory and is supported by > > the amr driver. > > This is twice I have seen messages claiming that the PERC is an AMI > device. But the source code, LINT file and the message my PowerEdge > prints at initialization claim that this is an Adaptec FSA > controller. Mine certainly uses the aac driver. http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/RAID/index.html Dell sell both AMI and Adaptec controllers under the "PERC" name. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 15:42:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (mass.dis.org [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B1A37B718 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:42:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2ONfsA01299; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:41:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200103242341.f2ONfsA01299@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Rob Simmons Cc: Kevin Oberman , Ed Henderson , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server MB suggestions? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 24 Mar 2001 17:50:02 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:41:54 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > The PERC/DC is made by American Megatrends. The PERC 2 and 3 are made by > Adaptec. No. The PERC, PERC 2/SC, PERC 2/DC and PERC 3/D* are AMI designs. The PERC 2/Si, PERC 2/Di, PERC 3/Si and PERC 2/QC are Adaptec designs. "PERC" means "this is a Dell-branded RAID controller". "2" and "3" refer to 40MHz vs 80MHz SCSI support. "S" "D" and "Q" are single, dual and quad channel designations. "i" means it's integrated onto the server motherboard. "C" means it's an addin card. "L" means it's the low-cost version. Got that? -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 16:34: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (mass.dis.org [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA0C37B719 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:34:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2P0XPA01846; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:33:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200103250033.f2P0XPA01846@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: hardware@freebsd.org Cc: Niklas Hallqvist Subject: Adaptec 4-channel RAID controllers, cheap Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:33:24 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is just a heads-up; www.teamexcess.com appear to be selling some clearance stock of Adaptec aac-364 4-channel SCSI-2 RAID controllers. (117 in stock as of this instant). $250, requires a PC-100 ECC DIMM, supported by 'aac' in the 4.3 release. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 22:19:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 927A537B719; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 22:19:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from RonDzierwa@home.com) Received: from home.com ([24.3.55.231]) by femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20010325061906.SLEA29538.femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com@home.com>; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 22:19:06 -0800 Message-ID: <3ABD8D14.22F45050@home.com> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 01:15:48 -0500 From: Ron Dzierwa Organization: Innovative Engineering, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-new-bus@freebsd.org Subject: ata driver problems with CTX laptop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have a CTX EzBook 800 series on which I have used FreeBSD version 2.2.8 since that version was current. At the time I had to use some of the PAO stuff to get the pcmcia enet to work, but everything else seemed to work fine. I just bought a new disk, and figured i'd install 4.2. The ata driver does not seem to live happily with the disk controller, however. and even the floppy driver seems to be having a problem (fdc0: cannot reserve I/O port range). The ata driver says: atapci0: port 0xfcf0-0xfcff,0x374-0x377,0x170-0x177 ,0x2f4-0x3f7,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 18.1 on pci0 atapci0: Busmastering DMA not supported ata2: at 0x1f0 on atapci0 ata2: unable to allocate interrupt device_probe_and_attach: ata2 attach returned 6 ata3: at 0x170 on atapci0 ata3: unable to allocate interrupt device_probe_and_attach: ata3 attach returned 6 later on, when the sysinstall menu comes up and i try to allocate disk space it naturally tells me that there are no disks. the old kernel wd driver used to say: wdc0: at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa wd0: 3102MB 96354432 sectors), 6304 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/t, 512 B/s wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): , removable, accel, dma, ior I have tried enabling and disabling PNP in the bios, and using auto/user config for the disks. all combinations seem to yield the same results - it cant init the disk controllers. Why does it think it has ata2 and 3 instead of 0 and 1 like the old wd driver did? I have another FreeBSD system that I use as a workstation. I used it to build a kernel for the boot flop that would stop in the fd driver ( while(1) i++; makes an effective stopper) so that I could see the ata driver messages. If anybody has any fixes or suggestions, I could implement them and test them without any problem. If anyone has any answers or ideas, please email me directly, since I haven't subscribed to all the mailling lists. thanks, ron. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 22:59:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from fbsd.bosa.ca (cr1003901-a.rct1.bc.wave.home.com [24.113.37.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C01E937B71F for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 22:59:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kulraj@bosa.ca) Received: from ska1 (h207-230-227-196.dccnet.com [207.230.227.196]) by fbsd.bosa.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id AD81D158EB9 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2001 00:05:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <005201c0b4f9$6264bf40$64c8a8c0@asknet.com> From: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account)" To: Subject: IDE Hard Drives Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 23:01:15 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004F_01C0B4B6.53ED92E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004F_01C0B4B6.53ED92E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Seeking hardware advice, on which brand IDE drives are recomended to = work at ATA100. Problem :=20 ad0: 29319MB [59570/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66=20 Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle=20 Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a da0 at sym0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device=20 da0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15, 16bit), Tagged = Queueing Enabled da0: 8748MB (17916240 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1115C) ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111 retrying ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111 retrying ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111 retrying ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111 falling back to PIO mode Hardware : Gigabyte 7ZX Rev 5 (ATA100 compliant) AMD Athlon 800 Tekram 390F IBM 9.1Gb SCSI-3 Drive Fujitsu 30Gb Hard Drive The Fujitsu IDE drive is new, just added (and still empty) and therefore = right now it would be painless to remove and replace with a drive that = will not give those ICRC WRITE ERROR's. There are many posts in the mailing list archives about these and = related issues but everyone falls short of recommending a drive or even = sharing their experience about a drive that does work to full potential. = If anyone has a drive working at ATA66 or even better ATA100 please let = me know which brand. Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Is the issue the VIA IDE controller = and therefore I'm stuck with it?=20 Thanking anyone in advance for taking the trouble to reply. Kulraj Gurm ------=_NextPart_000_004F_01C0B4B6.53ED92E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Seeking hardware advice, on which brand = IDE drives=20 are recomended to work at ATA100.
 
Problem :
 
 ad0: 29319MB <FUJITSU = MPG3307AT>=20 [59570/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66
 Waiting 15 seconds for = SCSI=20 devices to settle
 Mounting root from = ufs:/dev/da0s1a
 da0 at=20 sym0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
 da0: <IBM DGHS09V 03E0> Fixed = Direct=20 Access SCSI-3 device
 da0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, = offset 15,=20 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
 da0: 8748MB (17916240 512 byte = sectors:=20 255H 63S/T 1115C)
 ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111=20 retrying
 ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111 = retrying
 ad0:=20 UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111 retrying
 ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE = ERROR=20 blk# 2111 falling back to PIO mode
 
Hardware :
 
Gigabyte 7ZX Rev 5 (ATA100 = compliant)
AMD Athlon 800
Tekram 390F
IBM 9.1Gb SCSI-3 Drive
Fujitsu 30Gb Hard Drive
 
The Fujitsu IDE drive is new, just = added (and still=20 empty) and therefore right now it would be painless to remove and = replace with a=20 drive that will not give those ICRC WRITE ERROR's.
 
There are many posts in the mailing = list archives=20 about these and related issues but everyone falls short of recommending = a drive=20 or even sharing their experience about a drive that does work to full = potential.=20 If anyone has a drive working at ATA66 or even better ATA100 please let = me know=20 which brand.
 
Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Is = the issue the=20 VIA IDE controller and therefore I'm stuck with it?
 
Thanking anyone in advance for taking = the trouble=20 to reply.
 
Kulraj Gurm
 
 
------=_NextPart_000_004F_01C0B4B6.53ED92E0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Mar 24 23: 4:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wlcg.com (mail.wlcg.com [207.226.17.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1102C37B71D for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 23:04:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Received: from localhost (rsimmons@localhost) by mail.wlcg.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2P74vc55324; Sun, 25 Mar 2001 02:04:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 02:04:53 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons To: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account)" Cc: Subject: Re: IDE Hard Drives In-Reply-To: <005201c0b4f9$6264bf40$64c8a8c0@asknet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 IBM. They make the best hard drives, hands down. Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account) wrote: > Seeking hardware advice, on which brand IDE drives are recomended to work at ATA100. > > Problem : > > ad0: 29319MB [59570/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a > da0 at sym0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device > da0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled > da0: 8748MB (17916240 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1115C) > ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111 retrying > ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111 retrying > ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111 retrying > ad0: UDMA ICRC WRITE ERROR blk# 2111 falling back to PIO mode > > Hardware : > > Gigabyte 7ZX Rev 5 (ATA100 compliant) > AMD Athlon 800 > Tekram 390F > IBM 9.1Gb SCSI-3 Drive > Fujitsu 30Gb Hard Drive > > The Fujitsu IDE drive is new, just added (and still empty) and therefore right now it would be painless to remove and replace with a drive that will not give those ICRC WRITE ERROR's. > > There are many posts in the mailing list archives about these and related issues but everyone falls short of recommending a drive or even sharing their experience about a drive that does work to full potential. If anyone has a drive working at ATA66 or even better ATA100 please let me know which brand. > > Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Is the issue the VIA IDE controller and therefore I'm stuck with it? > > Thanking anyone in advance for taking the trouble to reply. > > Kulraj Gurm > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6vZiZv8Bofna59hYRA8x5AJ99yFm58aDX469rKpy3hyIAtHXntgCgqyYr E1IEW4hfbEeWYuVGIwmSZHU= =1Sny -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message