From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 27 19:26:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A91A416A421; Sun, 27 May 2007 19:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from eskimo.tundraware.com (eskimo.tundraware.com [66.92.130.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49C6913C44C; Sun, 27 May 2007 19:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (viper.tundraware.com [192.168.0.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by eskimo.tundraware.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4RJQW9r024620 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 27 May 2007 14:26:32 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Message-ID: <4659DB64.2010608@tundraware.com> Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 14:26:28 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk Organization: TundraWare Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-tundraware.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.399, required 1, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-From: tundra@tundraware.com X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Subject: Problems w/Intel D946GZIS + Pentium D (Possible SMP Problem) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: tundra@tundraware.com List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 19:26:40 -0000 Just bought: Intel D946GZIS MOBO w/ICH7 SATA-II support WDC WD2500JS-00NCB1 250G Hard Drive that claims to do 3G/s Pentium D @ 3.2GHz In addition to the on-board peripherals, the two available PCI slots have an Adaptec 2930CU SCSI controller and a 3Com 3C901 card in them respectively. I've run into a problem that makes no sense to me and I suspect is related to how SMP works (or, then again, maybe not): 1) When booting FBSD 6.2, right after the second CPU is started the system hangs for about 45 seconds and then proceeds normally. This happens with GENERIC-Release, SMP-Stable, and SMP-Release kernels. During this wait, the floppy goes active for some reason. Other strange anomalies I've noted: 2) If I try to boot the 4.11-Release CD, it gets partway through the boot and then spits out: RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80 I've replaced the RTC battery and still get the same error. I get no such error with 6.2 3) Both the MOBO and drive are SATA-300 rated, but 6.2 insists that the drive is running at SATA-150. I have verified that the drive has no jumper forcing it into this mode. Anyone have ideas on what is going on here? (I've DAGS and found nothing like this in the archives.) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/