From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 15:54:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ABF91065675; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:54:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org) Received: from mail.digitalfreaks.org (mail.digitalfreaks.org [216.151.95.156]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE1078FC14; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:54:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.digitalfreaks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53DBE797826; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:38:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.digitalfreaks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.digitalfreaks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 65381-48; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:38:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.2.170] (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digitalfreaks.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8DE60797829; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:38:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Brian A. Seklecki" To: Olivier Mueller In-Reply-To: <1234363891.15909.35.camel@ompc.insign.local> References: <1234363891.15909.35.camel@ompc.insign.local> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:38:29 -0500 Message-Id: <1234366709.3500.62.camel@ingress.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.2 (2.24.2-1.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.2a mail.digitalfreaks Cc: spolyack@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: poweredge 1850 won't boot 7.1? maybe LSI-related : amr0: adapter is busy X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:54:08 -0000 On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 15:51 +0100, Olivier Mueller wrote: > Hello, > This afternoon I wanted to upgrade to 7.1 two good old dell PowerEdge > servers which were running FreeBSD 6.x. It went fine and quickly on the There's already discussion about this in the archives. We're aware and working on it. Set: /boo/loader.conf kern.cam.scsi_delay=20000 As a work-around for now. Tracking the megarc memory corruption (and general amr(4) problems with the PERC4) at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=128082 ~BAS > poweredge 1950, but it failed completely on the poweredge 1850. > > Facts: > > - boot cd and setup / operation of freebsd 6.x or 7.0 is fine > Message log abstract: > $ uname -v > FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p7 #0: Sun Dec 21 08:31:52 UTC 2008 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > $ dmesg|grep amr > amr0: mem 0xd80f0000-0xd80fffff,0xdfde0000-0xdfdfffff irq 46 at device 14.0 on pci2 > amr0: Using 64-bit DMA > amr0: [ITHREAD] > amr0: delete logical drives supported by controller > amr0: Firmware 521X, BIOS H430, 256MB RAM > amr0: delete logical drives supported by controller > amrd0: on amr0 > amrd0: 69880MB (143114240 sectors) RAID 1 (optimal) > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/amrd0s1a > > - boot cd of 7.1 fails because the installed doesn't see any harddisk. > Message log abstract: > amr0: adapter is busy > amr0: adapter is busy > amr0: delete logical drives supported by controller > > > I also tried to setup 7.0, and then upgrade to 7.1 with freebsd-update, > but then it fails exactly like with the 7.1 boot CD > (7.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso). Screenshot: > http://omx.ch/om/stuff/pe1850bsd71error.jpg > > BIOS Message about the Controller on system startup: > PowerEdge Expandable RAID COntroller BIOS, (c) 2006 LSI Logic > Corporation > > I'm not sure what I can try next... I'd still like to be able to run > 7.1 on this host as well as on several other old but still fine 1850. Is > my system simply too old? Why is my adapter "busy" under 7.1? What > would you try? I checked the relnotes as well, but saw nothing helpful > about my problem there. > > regards & thanks in advance for any feedback, > Olivier > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"