Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:44:45 -0700 From: "jdow" <jdow@earthlink.net> To: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Tyan K8WE BIOS v1.03 and -STABLE Message-ID: <086501c663bf$cd6e2950$0225a8c0@Wednesday> References: <20060416140823.GF46601@afflictions.org> <20060419142314.GA69130@voi.aagh.net>
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From: "Thomas Hurst" <tom.hurst@clara.net> >* 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. I have one of those here, too. I have the 205H BIOS running. At the moment the system is tied up being XP because that's where I earn my income. <sigh> One thing I did discover is that the latest AMD AGP software that is officially posted as of the beginning of the year is bad. I managed to get a copy of an experimental AGP GART driver that works like a champ. There might be a similar issue with the code for BSD to watch for. (It took over a month to track that down. I could only run a single CPU with cards in carefully selected slots with the release GART BIOS. With this beta one I got I can go full bore and everything is basically cool.) {^_^} Joanne
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