From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 22:55:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2216716A41B for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:55:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cineveggie.lists@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0102.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2DA713C465 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:55:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cineveggie.lists@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id s42so774358rnb for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:55:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:content-type:to:from:subject:date:x-mailer; bh=p2Ed5evmBpNPTyBau0zU/eFh9kNyncerUKOJ+1GZmJg=; b=WCC/ag2BS9dFDj+1ynRJIVRGy9/F7BSoVo4xrk9b29LLIlPZAVFeHNU9g5iEE2U9fAHAiebCLBVmO4RJFFurhmYremNXMMJtJpKmiiv0bqkoHH6mOrvfJNnYQ2xoe4mk/vvAV9cXqJV3cvfNxW18ntEHwpThzymkG/qPPj9wxHk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:content-type:to:from:subject:date:x-mailer; b=W9OTyLVgam44zOz1taP85sRQS3URBHo3808A0RRJkTq4gh86hQLKVM0+wAFIuPKtDiU+dQZeVmuOsWtnvtTAI98nDd6SxQLocKsmAcze278SnWUgBOS4dRd5d5h4U9XhjnDnnu3t/uK9vkJ7luLqSajQHrdxtflKrtAhhS2SobY= Received: by 10.142.131.18 with SMTP id e18mr1281634wfd.1196202416545; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:26:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.1.3? ( [66.69.216.112]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 11sm2308813wrl.2007.11.27.14.26.54 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:26:55 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org From: Jeff Isaac Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:26:45 -0600 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Subject: Any Update on HP Workstation Support? XW9300 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:55:57 -0000 Greetings All! I am new to this list (normally hanging out on Freebsd-PPC) and have a question regarding some possible hardware support changes in FreeBSD 7. I was wondering whether support has been added for the HP XW9300 Professional Workstation. 6 would not boot with the problems described here: http://bsd.haofood.net/2006/02/02/freebsd-on-hp-xw/ and his referenced article here: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=61050+0+/usr/local/www/ db/text/2004/freebsd-amd64/20041114.freebsd-amd64 and I have not been able to find any followup to this problem via a search of the mailing lists or googling. The machine uses a Tyan S2895 motherboard http://www.tyan.com/support_download_datasheets.aspx?model=S.S2895 with an HP BIOS. Any chance 7 would support this machine now? I have been able to boot Linux (SuSE) and Windows (XP Pro 32-bit) without difficulty, but both FreeBSD and Solaris (and Mac OS X - sssshh!) choke. Any chance this has to do with the BSD kernel specifically? In my experience the machine refused to boot both -AMD64 and -x86 variants. I do not own one at present so cannot provide specific details, but my last one was a great machine and I am considering replacing it with the same, but only if I can make it a FreeBSD box ;-) Thanks! - Jeff