From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 08:45:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81C81106564A for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:45:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (alchemy.franken.de [194.94.249.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1731A8FC0C for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:45:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.4/8.14.4/ALCHEMY.FRANKEN.DE) with ESMTP id p7U8jpUx025343; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:45:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p7U8jpMi025342; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:45:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:45:51 +0200 From: Marius Strobl To: Herr Virek Message-ID: <20110830084551.GA25304@alchemy.franken.de> References: <20110823115808.GA73912@alchemy.franken.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: V440 with 1.593GHz CPU has scsi errors on LSILogic 1030 Ultra4 controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:45:53 -0000 On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 05:15:40PM -0700, Herr Virek wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Marius Strobl > wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 03:57:45PM -0700, Herr Virek wrote: > >> Hello. > >> > >> I have a four cpu V440 running current well for a while now. > >> > >> Tried to install on another V440 with this CPU and I have scsi errors > >> until panic when booting off CD or a hard drive with 8.2 installed > >> > >> Has anyone seen issues with this particular CPU? > >> > >> http://www.sunshack.org/data/sh/2.1.8/infoserver.central/data/syshbk/Devices/System_Board/SYSBD_SunFireV440_CPU.html#6788 > >> > >> I've swapped disks and optical drives a few times. > >> > >> S10 U8 seems OK so I'm not sure where to start on this one. I've also > >> tried with auto-boot? false and true. > >> > > > > My V440 suffers from the same symptom at times. In that case a > > probe-scsi-all in the PROM boot monitor doesn't report the disk > > either or acts up in odd ways though, so I think this is due to > > a defective SCSI backplane rather than an OS issue, especially > > since these disks just work fine in another machine. If that > > happens shuffling around the disks within the V440 for a while > > typically helps. > > If Solaris really doesn't have problems with this machine the > > only other thing I can think of is that 9.0-CURRENT as well as > > 8.2-STABLE but not 8.2-RELEASE have a workaround which disables > > PCI bus parking if a Cassini device is present as these can > > cause bus hangs if bus parking is enabled. This workaround > > (which is based on information gleaned from the OpenSolaris > > source) is intended for V480 with defective centerplanes but > > might also help V440. > > > > Marius > > > > > > Thanks Marius > > Soon as I removed cas2 FreeBSD boots. > > cas2: mem 0x200000-0x3fffff at device > 1.0 on pci4 > Have you tested how the machine behaves with a recent head or stable/8 and the card inserted? Marius