Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:13:17 +0000 From: Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 Message-ID: <BAY102-W296BBEA07B909CD3B3A636F6700@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <200808121549.m7CFnmBo031979@lava.sentex.ca> References: <BAY102-W428F28799636A3B28D3A56F6710@phx.gbl> <tcv2a45d6qg60em6mlgpbtrrm4sjndtgt6@4ax.com> <BAY102-W48FB2A48FD4E357A8A8A25F6700@phx.gbl> <200808121549.m7CFnmBo031979@lava.sentex.ca>
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> At 11:11 AM 8/12/2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: > >>You can confirm me that you are successfully using FreeBSD 7.0R with >>the 1.43 firmware? If it's so, we might compare our hardware >>components to find out if and what are differences... > > > Hi, > The dmesg below is on a supermicro board. Actually, if you > take the Areca out, does 7.0R boot up ? As mentioned by another > poster, try the RELENG_7 snapshot to see if it boots with that. If > you are starting fresh, I would suggest it as there are a number of > bug fixes and enhancements in the snapshot and its quite stable. > > Hi Mike... you've read in my mind: I tried to boot up 7.0R without the card immediately after I sent my last e-mail! :) I can confirm that all works like a charm without the Areca card. So, where the problem might lie?! I tested the card with both 7.0-STABLE and 8.0-CURRENT (it hangs even before) without success... :( P.S.: during all these tests I was always verifying that the card itself was always functioning well, by booting the Windows Server 2003 x64 installed on the RAID set. > > >>Thanks a lot for your help. >> >>---------------------------------------- >>> From: mike@sentex.net >>> To: andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com >>> Subject: Re: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 >>> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:13:56 -0400 >>> >>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:54:41 +0000, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware >>> you wrote: >>>>arcmsr0: mem 0xfc7ff000-0xfc7fffff,0xfc000000-0xfc3fffff irq 31 >> at device 14.0 on pci2 >>>>arcmsr0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xfc7ff000 >>>>ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2007-10-07 >>>>ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.39 2006-2-9 >>> >>> >>> Not sure it will help you or not, but I run the same card with version >>> 1.43 of the firmware. I would try to upgrade the Areca card's >>> firmware and then give 7.0R another try. >>> >>> ---Mike >> _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx
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