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Date:      Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:49:43 +0800
From:      "Kevin Foo" <chflags@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation trouble with HP Proliant ML110 G5
Message-ID:  <25cb30803312049p7a0cdd7dya06190ac11b3f7b4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080331162845.M48396@bellera.cat>
References:  <20080328093411.M24208@bellera.cat> <20080328125413.M65426@bellera.cat> <20080330102704.M86415@bellera.cat> <25cb30803310136w3586849bo9d0c33e6755cff9@mail.gmail.com> <20080331162845.M48396@bellera.cat>

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On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Josep Pujadas i Jubany <josep@bellera.cat>
wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:36:47 +0800, Kevin Foo wrote
> > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Josep Pujadas i Jubany wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > * On-board NIC was not detected.
> >
> > See PR kern/119779
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/119779
> >
> > * shutdown -r now did'nt restart the system. The system was blocked at:
> > >
> >
> > The system will reboot properly if you load ipmi module and specify
> watchdog
> > timeout in 60 seconds.
> >
> > # kldload ipmi
> > # watchdog -t 60; reboot
> >
> > You can create handy alias.
> > alias reboot 'watchdog -t 60; /sbin/reboot'
> >
> > I didn't have any issue with DVD drive when it was running 6.3/7.0.
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> > Kevin Foo
> > _______________________________________________
>
> Thanks!
>
> Everything ok up to now!
>
> 1. patch for BCM5722 NIC worked. I modified the files and I recompiled my
> kernel.
>
> 2. ipmi works if I load manually as you suggested. But if I include in the
> kernel as "device ipmi" (for automatic loading at startup system) disks
> are
> not correctly dismounted. So, I wrote a shell script to do all the
> operations and I increase the timer to 120 seconds.


See /boot/loader.conf. You can load the module there upon bootup. Please
file a PR if you think that including ipmi to kernel cause inappropriate
behaviour. I don't have the box to test that now.

-- 
Regards
Kevin Foo



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