From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 25 03:51:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E159016A4CF; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 03:51:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D8EE43D55; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 03:51:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) (authenticated bits=0) i0PBpaN1091909 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:51:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301::12]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0PBpFFq075666 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:51:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0PBpEPw096176; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:51:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0PBpDd5096175; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:51:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:51:12 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Tom Ponsford Message-ID: <20040125115111.GN77998@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <4011B6F6.5040306@theriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4011B6F6.5040306@theriver.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.2-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Report: * -4.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on cicely5.cicely.de cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Same problem, new year 2100A machine check X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:51:59 -0000 On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 05:06:14PM -0700, Tom Ponsford wrote: > I decided to replace a disk on the ol' 2100A. I had been running VMS on it > without any troubles, until a disk started giving me errors. After > replacing the disk, I decided to give 5.2 a go, thinking maybe some of the > problems of last year may have been resolved. > > No such luck. > > As you can see below, it's doing the machine check at almost the same point > as last year. In combing the archives, it seems that there were problems > with some cards, so I yanked out all the pci cards (there were no EISA > cards), still a machine check. > > This machine booted and ran stable under 4-xx with a uniprocessor kernel > > It seems you may have to disable the machine checks in order to get this > beast to boot, any pointers on where to start? > I'd like to play with it with FBSD before going back to VMS. > > Below is the console firmware pre-boot diag and then the actual boot -v > output and then the show config and show fru. > > Cheers > > Tom > > > eisab0: at device 2.0 on pci0 > > unexpected machine check: > > mces = 0x1 > vector = 0x670 > param = 0xfffffc0000006000 > pc = 0xfffffc00003b48d4 > ra = 0xfffffc00003b4908 > curproc = 0xfffffc0000810ee0 > pid = 0, comm = swapper > > panic: machine check > cpuid = 0; > Uptime: 1s > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort Maybe there is something wrong with the EISA configuration on your machine. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de