From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 13 11:39:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EEB216A4BF for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 11:39:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pit.databus.com (p70-227.acedsl.com [66.114.70.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60BFD43FB1 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 11:39:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: from pit.databus.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pit.databus.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8DIdm1Q083230; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:39:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: (from barney@localhost) by pit.databus.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8DIdm8h083229; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:39:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:39:48 -0400 From: Barney Wolff To: Secure Play Message-ID: <20030913183948.GA82983@pit.databus.com> References: <20030913035341.17254.qmail@web80410.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030913035341.17254.qmail@web80410.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.35 cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.8 on Proliant 8500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 18:39:50 -0000 On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 08:53:41PM -0700, Secure Play wrote: > Has anyone seen any issues runing FreeBSD 4.8 on a Compaq Proliant 8500? This is an older 8-way server (2GB ram, 8x500 Mhz CPUs). I don't really need all those CPUs, but I have nothing else to do with them. :) > > Everything works fine, except that when I add a Intel Pro/1000 card, it is not seen. I also tried an equivalent compaq gigabit card with the same results (I believe they share the same chipset). I don't know what else to do to it, the bios sees them, I have the latest updates from Compaq/HP, and I eventually recompiled the kernel with the latest drivers from the intel website. Everything else seems to work fine, although admittedly this is the only "up" card that I have in this box. I also tried various slots (the box has three busses) and no luck. This may be a pci hardware version problem. I have a pro/1000-desktop card which is only seen in a 64-bit slot on an Asus A7M266-D motherboard, although it's a 32-bit card. My guess was that the card requires a newer pci version than the motherboard was supplying on the 32-bit slots. Another possibility is interrupt sharing. Try moving the card to all other slots before giving up. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.