From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 00:15:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A52151065675 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:15:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josefvirek@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 678B68FC0C for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:15:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk28 with SMTP id 28so6322826gxk.13 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:15:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=rKW04dmlRywS9Nm2u0Z6vC6kUertDYfMQECUEGPLIKI=; b=V7QxqoIjreCHIC6JnaZpV2j2glAiPcTbPvKfA59Pk9nQaLm4OZE1ObGyqh/dLzGvip pQ+oskz+A1DFgBc+TR/VGUmf9svU+cnmVHqd5B084rkQjFNtAhJOHpqjIew0F/mrbreQ nFfXadgNyyZEFsj9g+WWRFbUWUxe7x5zf0pZw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.117.7 with SMTP id r7mr5360603icq.472.1314663340038; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:15:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.135.138 with HTTP; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:15:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110823115808.GA73912@alchemy.franken.de> References: <20110823115808.GA73912@alchemy.franken.de> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:15:40 -0700 Message-ID: From: Herr Virek To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: V440 with 1.593GHz CPU has scsi errors on LSILogic 1030 Ultra4 controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:15:41 -0000 On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Marius Strobl wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 03:57:45PM -0700, Herr Virek wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I have a four cpu V440 running current well for a while now. >> >> Tried to install on another V440 with this CPU and I have scsi errors >> until panic when booting off CD or a hard drive with 8.2 installed >> >> Has anyone seen issues with this particular CPU? >> >> http://www.sunshack.org/data/sh/2.1.8/infoserver.central/data/syshbk/Devices/System_Board/SYSBD_SunFireV440_CPU.html#6788 >> >> I've swapped disks and optical drives a few times. >> >> S10 U8 seems OK so I'm not sure where to start on this one. I've also >> tried with auto-boot? false and true. >> > > My V440 suffers from the same symptom at times. In that case a > probe-scsi-all in the PROM boot monitor doesn't report the disk > either or acts up in odd ways though, so I think this is due to > a defective SCSI backplane rather than an OS issue, especially > since these disks just work fine in another machine. If that > happens shuffling around the disks within the V440 for a while > typically helps. > If Solaris really doesn't have problems with this machine the > only other thing I can think of is that 9.0-CURRENT as well as > 8.2-STABLE but not 8.2-RELEASE have a workaround which disables > PCI bus parking if a Cassini device is present as these can > cause bus hangs if bus parking is enabled. This workaround > (which is based on information gleaned from the OpenSolaris > source) is intended for V480 with defective centerplanes but > might also help V440. > > Marius > > Thanks Marius Soon as I removed cas2 FreeBSD boots. cas2: mem 0x200000-0x3fffff at device 1.0 on pci4 - Eric