Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 07:47:21 +0200 From: "Morten A. Middelthon" <morten@freenix.no> To: Alex Salazar <umbilical.blisters@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Several issues on Dell 1950/2950 servers (6-STABLE and 7-CURRENT) Message-ID: <20060904054721.GF34840@freenix.no> In-Reply-To: <40c4bb930609020223h50c43537n1c8b32081ef5c1bf@mail.gmail.com> References: <40c4bb930609020223h50c43537n1c8b32081ef5c1bf@mail.gmail.com>
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--ni93GHxFvA+th69W Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 04:23:21AM -0500, Alex Salazar wrote: > Apologies for the long message, and thanks in advance for any response. >=20 > I've just bought one of those new generation Dell servers, specifically, > the PowerEdge 1950. >=20 > This is a dual Intel Dual Core Xeon 5050, 3.0 GHz, 667MHz FSB, > 1GB 533MHz RAM, system. >=20 > This server has a LSI Logic SAS 5/i integrated adapter and dual embedded > Broadcom NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet NIC. <snip> Just wanted to say that I'm running FreeBSD/i386 6.1-STABLE on two Dell PE = 1950's without any problems. The only thing I had to do was update the bce driver = for the NIC, but other than that the mfi RAID controller is detected properly, = as well as the SAS disks and RAID array. The only difference I can think of is perh= aps the firmware and BIOS versions Attached is the dmesg output from one of the two 1950's I've got. with regards, --=20 Morten A. Middelthon "I have been Foolish and Deluded, and I am a Bear of No Brain at All."=20 -- Pooh --ni93GHxFvA+th69W Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE+73pvsz2LoKf32oRAv9DAKCHtuOEtQCVZ8HIlJ4f73A8v8EO8gCfeQPA 9q+1Kw+0E+sRy0yGtdXcah4= =TPTA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ni93GHxFvA+th69W--
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