From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 4 20:20:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6574C16A4CE for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:20:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DCFB43D2F for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:20:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i254K1OJ057567; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:20:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i254K1Q2057566; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:20:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:20:01 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Quincey Koziol Message-ID: <20040305042001.GB34790@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20040304041056.GA34790@dragon.nuxi.com> <200403042050.i24KoMa9021232@sleipnir.ncsa.uiuc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403042050.i24KoMa9021232@sleipnir.ncsa.uiuc.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-amd64 Digest, Vol 39, Issue 3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 04:20:02 -0000 On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 02:50:22PM -0600, Quincey Koziol wrote: > > First off, you shouldn't need to hack the 5.2.1 source at all to build. > > Second, I also have an MSI dual-processor Opteron (MSI-9131 K8D Master-F) > > system -- it is the one that built the 5.2.1 release. I also have an > > Iwill DK8X dual-processor board. Neither are _glacially_ slow. > Hmm, I may just send this machine back and switch to "known good" hardware. > Which dual-Opteron motherboard would you recommend? One of the two you have > or another one? I have direct good experience with: + MSI MSI-9131 K8D Master-F, + Iwill DK8X + Tyan Thunder K8W (s2885) + Tyan Thunder K8S Pro (4+4 DIMM config) + Arima HDAMA(sp?) server board > I saw someone else had success with), but that didn't help either. > Any further suggestions? Do I have defective hardware? It is possible you do have a HW issue -- maybe the RAM isn't certified for your motherboard, maybe something else. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)