Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 09:42:51 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Joerg Pulz <Joerg.Pulz@frm2.tum.de> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: another 5.3-BETA2 problem Message-ID: <20040902164251.GA13435@dhcp53.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20040902174321.V50481@hades.admin.frm2> References: <20040901131932.O50481@hades.admin.frm2> <20040901151653.GA9238@dhcp53.pn.xcllnt.net> <20040901184520.V50481@hades.admin.frm2> <20040901204745.GA10115@dhcp53.pn.xcllnt.net> <20040902174321.V50481@hades.admin.frm2>
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On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 06:14:58PM +0200, Joerg Pulz wrote: > > >Can you try setting the hw.ata.ata_dma tunable to 0 in the loader > >before booting the kernel. Like: > > > > OK set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 > > OK boot > > > >This currently required on sparc64 and we may also need it on ia64. > > i tried this and it seems to work. Thanks, that's good to know. > i can remember that the latest snapshot (20040810) you provided was > working without setting hw.ata.ata_dma=0, so the source of this problem > could be in the latest changes to the ata subsystem 2-3 weeks ago. Yes, that's correct. A fix is being worked on... > the system as it currently is but i surely will connect some external > disks to an "Adaptec SCSI Raid 2200S" using the aac(4) driver. Maybe it > would be a good idea to replace the definitely not working asr(4) with > aac(4) in GENERIC. Yes. asr(4) has already been removed on HEAD. I think it makes sense to remove it from the RELENG_5 branch as well. I don't know if aac(4) works on ia64, though. > but anyway, i also tried to install the system onto a SCSI disk connected > to a "Tekram DC-390U2W" controller to check if an installation would be > possible. the kernel recognized the controller correctly as 'sym0'. the > connected disk was also found and registered as 'da0'. but unfortunately > sysinstall complains about no disk to install the system. If the disk contains a valid MBR, then it's currently rejected. The point of which is that we would destroy the disk otherwise. Try if clobbering the first sector on the disk makes a difference. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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