From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 24 07:32:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F40E916A4CE for ; Mon, 24 May 2004 07:32:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail3.speakeasy.net (mail3.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5DD643D3F for ; Mon, 24 May 2004 07:32:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 14044 invoked from network); 24 May 2004 14:31:54 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 24 May 2004 14:31:54 -0000 Received: from 10.50.40.205 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4OEVfle098204; Mon, 24 May 2004 10:31:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 10:32:18 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <20040522162706.GA7409@dischord.org> In-Reply-To: <20040522162706.GA7409@dischord.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200405241032.18350.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx Subject: Re: geom_bsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 14:32:15 -0000 On Saturday 22 May 2004 12:27 pm, Nick Jones wrote: > I'm having a problem when loading geom_bsd on an Alpha XPS1000 machine and > subsequently attempting to access a particular IDE drive, which is as > follows: > > [nick@lungfish nick]$ uname -a > FreeBSD lungfish.dischord.org 5.2.1-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p4 #0: > Mon Apr 5 13:14:34 BST 2004 > nick@lungfish.dischord.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LUNGFISH alpha > > [nick@lungfish nick]$ dmesg | grep -i maxtor > ad0: 39205MB [79656/16/63] at ata1-master WDMA2 > > [nick@lungfish nick]$ sudo bsdlabel /dev/ad0 > bsdlabel: /dev/ad0: no valid label found If you are adding a new label do this: sudo bsdlabel /dev/ad0 auto > [nick@lungfish nick]$ sudo kldload geom_bsd > > At this point I notice this in /var/log/messages: > > May 22 16:22:24 lungfish kernel: module_register: module g_bsd already > exists! May 22 16:22:24 lungfish kernel: Module g_bsd failed to register: > 17 Yes, GEOM_BSD is compiled into Alpha kernels by default, so you don't need to load the module. The fact that the module loads at all is a bug that probably leads to the hang you see. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org