From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 9 15:43:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CDF216A421 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:43:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail5.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFF9943D45 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:43:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 1647463 for multiple; Wed, 09 Nov 2005 10:45:34 -0500 Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jA9FhHqc035637; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:43:26 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:22:07 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <20051109075701.GA40483@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511091022.08517.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525 Cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: problems booting recompiled 5.4-kernel (Was: amd64 does not see all 4 GB RAM on tyan GT24) X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:43:30 -0000 On Wednesday 09 November 2005 04:22 am, Claus Guttesen wrote: > > > I have problems booting a recompiled kernel with FreeBSD 5.4 stable. I > > > thought it was related to enabling smp in the kernel, but I have just > > > rebuild kernel without smp (and rebuild world as well) and the server > > > did not come back up. > > > > > > When I rebooted a recompiled kernel it stopped with calcru negative > > > time so I tried to change kern.timecounter.hardware to i8254 in > > > /boot/loader.conf, but it seems to ignore my hint. Doing a sysctl > > > kern.timecounter.hardware (when booting the original kernel from the > > > installation) shows ACPI-fast. > > > > > > I added CPUTYPE=k8 to /etc/make.conf. > > > > Undo the changes you made to the kernel (or go back to GENERIC) and > > other configuration and verify that it works again. If so, that means > > you may have made a mistake in those changes. > > Thank you for your reply, I (allready) did that when I came back to > work. The new kernel works now, the line that I commented out and > caused the trouble was: > > # Workarounds for some known-to-be-broken chipsets (nVidia nForce3-Pro150) > device atpic # 8259A compatability > > Now it's activated again and the server can boot without problems. The > reason I commented out the line is because the board is has a > nForce4-chipset > > I tried FreeBSD 6.0 a few days ago and I seem to recall that the above > mentioned line is not needed in FreeBSD 6.0, but my (own) memory is > probably corrupt :-) That's correct. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org