From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 17:04:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E11131065674 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:04:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D948FC18 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:04:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7CH4ORn000565; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:04:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m7CH4OZG032314 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:04:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200808121704.m7CH4OZG032314@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:04:32 -0400 To: Andrew Hotlab From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: References: <200808121549.m7CFnmBo031979@lava.sentex.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 64.7.153.18 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:04:29 -0000 At 12:13 PM 8/12/2008, Andrew Hotlab wrote: >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... :( Perhaps a disk option set on the Areca ? Looking at my config, I have it set to SATA300+NCQ HDD Read Ahead Cache enabled Stagger Power On Control 0..4 Spin Down Idle HDD disabled HDD SMART status polling enabled Disk Write Cache Mode enabled Can you try booting without the drives, or with just a couple of drives with a fresh raidset created ? I wonder if the box is booting up and is confused by the existing raidset ? ---Mike >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