From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 19 14:23:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FF1716A401 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:23:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom.hurst@clara.net) Received: from spork.qfe3.net (spork.qfe3.net [212.13.207.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF1C243D69 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:23:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tom.hurst@clara.net) Received: from [81.104.145.173] (helo=voi.aagh.net) by spork.qfe3.net with esmtp (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FWDaN-000I5n-2f; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:23:15 +0100 Received: from freaky by voi.aagh.net with local (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1FWDaM-000Irh-K6; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:23:14 +0100 Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:23:14 +0100 From: Thomas Hurst To: Damian Gerow Message-ID: <20060419142314.GA69130@voi.aagh.net> Mail-Followup-To: Damian Gerow , stable@freebsd.org References: <20060416140823.GF46601@afflictions.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060416140823.GF46601@afflictions.org> Organization: Not much. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: Thomas Hurst Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyan K8WE BIOS v1.03 and -STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:23:22 -0000 * Damian Gerow (dgerow@afflictions.org) wrote: > I tried updating the BIOS on my K8WE (S2895) yesterday to 1.03, but > after the update, FreeBSD (RELENG_6 dated March 26) would randomly > freeze after booting. > > As I was updating from v1.01, I suspect it may be the updates to > the nVidia SATA firmware that caused the issue, as things generally > froze shortly after the background fsck processed kicked in (with, > obviously, the exception of the first boot, and a few others). It may > be worth noting that Windows, though booting fine, did complain that > the ATA driver was mis-matched for the firmware of the ATA controller. > > Is anyone else successfully running -STABLE with v1.03 on a K8WE? Just > wondering if this is something specific to the options I've chosen, or if > it's an interaction issue between FreeBSD and this BIOS revision. > > (No, I haven't tried just going to 1.02, as I needed the machine. Though > that should be a fairly good test to narrow down what the problem is.) I've not tried 1.03; I just tried flashing, but apparantly the only floppy I have to hand has died. However, I've been running 1.02 for months without problems. The only SATA issues I've encountered are non-functional hot-plug and the usual 4GB+/multiple drives lockup, which I "solved" by using a LSI MegaRAID for 6 of the 8 drives. This is using the same SATA firmware as 1.03 according to the changelog on http://www.tyan.com/support/html/b_s2895.html so I doubt it's that. -- Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst http://hur.st/