From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 19 14:44:54 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 01D0F16A400 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:44:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdow@earthlink.net) Received: from elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20A3A43D46 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:44:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jdow@earthlink.net) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=iXGtM9fxh7s5KakAEK0aUKmxtxu3BtG4YnbXcCq2gizej8e5tLLWJbzIe1qqKtt9; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [71.116.183.98] (helo=Wednesday) by elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FWDvC-0001Ih-7G for stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:44:48 -0400 Message-ID: <086501c663bf$cd6e2950$0225a8c0@Wednesday> From: "jdow" To: References: <20060416140823.GF46601@afflictions.org> <20060419142314.GA69130@voi.aagh.net> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:44:45 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-ELNK-Trace: bb89ecdb26a8f9f24d2b10475b57112040a703d44addcea8f09bf11ff50176a39072ae4777b98cc8350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 71.116.183.98 Cc: 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 14:44:54 -0000 From: "Thomas Hurst" >* 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. 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