From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 16 19:28:43 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 7C97B16A417 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:28:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dgerow@afflictions.org) Received: from mail.afflictions.org (asylum.afflictions.org [64.7.134.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E5C743D46 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:28:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dgerow@afflictions.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.afflictions.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E49B678C9F for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 15:38:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.afflictions.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pandora.afflictions.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 61498-08 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 15:37:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dementia.afflictions.org (dementia [172.19.206.56]) by mail.afflictions.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 770F278CC6 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 15:36:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by dementia.afflictions.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DF8DB1C0867; Sun, 16 Apr 2006 10:08:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 10:08:23 -0400 From: Damian Gerow To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060416140823.GF46601@afflictions.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-PGP-Fingerprint: B3D7 D901 A53A 1A99 BFD6 E6DF 9F3B 742B C288 9CC9 X-PGP-Key: 0xC2889CC9 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pandora.afflictions.org Cc: Subject: 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: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:28:43 -0000 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.) - Damian