Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:00:16 +0100 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting systems with lots of memory Message-ID: <E10Sg8u-0000pi-00@fanf.noc.demon.net> In-Reply-To: <199903292003.MAA00525@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <14079.46583.208347.306328@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote:
>Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
>[serial console problems]
>> We suspect a BIOS that's being too damn clever for its own good.
>
>That sounds about right. If your BIOS on the Intel box is set for a
>serial console, you could try poking it again to make sure that it's set
>for 9600 bps and that the various 'magic' options relating to remote
>health monitoring are all off.
That did turn out to be the problem. The memory has finally followed
the box from here to the Docklands and we now have a machine with the
following dmesg. We'll be trying it out under load in the near future.
Tony.
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FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE #25: Mon Mar 29 14:38:45 BST 1999
root@discord.news.demon.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/NCRXEON
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: Pentium II/Xeon/Celeron (686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x653 Stepping=3
Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,<b24>>
real memory = 3221225472 (3145728K bytes)
avail memory = 3133857792 (3060408K bytes)
Programming 64 pins in IOAPIC #0
IOAPIC #0 intpint 38 -> irq 17
IOAPIC #0 intpint 40 -> irq 18
IOAPIC #0 intpint 41 -> irq 15
IOAPIC #0 intpint 42 -> irq 10
IOAPIC #0 intpint 44 -> irq 7
IOAPIC #0 intpint 48 -> irq 11
IOAPIC #0 intpint 49 -> irq 16
IOAPIC #0 intpint 58 -> irq 14
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard
cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 3, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000
cpu1 (AP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000
cpu2 (AP): apic id: 1, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000
cpu3 (AP): apic id: 2, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000
io0 (APIC): apic id: 4, version: 0x003f0013, at 0xfec10000
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc02ea000.
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
ahc0: <Adaptec aic7880 Ultra SCSI adapter> rev 0x01 int a irq 14 on pci0.10.0
ahc0: Using left over BIOS settings
ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs
vga0: <Cirrus Logic GD5446 SVGA controller> rev 0x00 int a irq 11 on pci0.12.0
chip0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> rev 0x02 on pci0.15.0
No driver for device 0x71118086 at pci0:15:1
No driver for device 0x71128086 at pci0:15:2
chip1: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> rev 0x02 on pci0.15.3
chip2: <Intel 82451NX Memory and I/O Controller> rev 0x03 on pci0.16.0
chip3: <Intel 82454NX PCI Expander Bridge> rev 0x02 on pci0.18.0
chip4: <Intel 82454NX PCI Expander Bridge> rev 0x02 on pci0.19.0
chip5: <Intel 82454NX PCI Expander Bridge> rev 0x02 on pci0.20.0
Probing for devices on PCI bus 1:
ahc1: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter> rev 0x00 int a irq 17 on pci1.4.0
ahc1: aic7880 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs
fxp0: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 0x04 int a irq 18 on pci1.5.0
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:a4:85:bd
chip6: <DEC 21152 PCI-PCI bridge> rev 0x03 on pci1.6.0
fpa0: <Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI Controller> rev 0x01 int a irq 7 on pci1.7.0
fpa0: DEC DEFPA PCI FDDI SAS Controller
fpa0: FDDI address 00:00:f8:c9:91:56, FW=3.10, HW=0, SMT V7.2
fpa0: FDDI Port = S (PMD = Unshielded Twisted Pair)
No driver for device 0x123d8086 at pci1:9:0
Probing for devices on PCI bus 2:
de0: <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 0x22 int a irq 10 on pci2.4.0
de0: SMC 9332BDT 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2
de0: address 00:e0:29:26:53:71
de1: <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 0x22 int a irq 15 on pci2.5.0
de1: SMC 9332BDT 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2
de1: address 00:e0:29:26:53:70
Probing for devices on PCI bus 3:
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
sc0 on isa
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
atkbdc0 at 0x60-0x6f on motherboard
atkbd0 irq 1 on isa
psm0 not found
sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa
sio0: type 16550A, console
sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
sio1: type 16550A
lpt0 not found
fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
vga0 at 0x3b0-0x3df maddr 0xa0000 msize 131072 on isa
npx0 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
APIC_IO: Testing 8254 interrupt delivery
APIC_IO: routing 8254 via pin 2
IP packet filtering initialized, divert disabled, rule-based forwarding disabled, default to accept, unlimited logging
Waiting 2 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
de0: enabling 10baseT port
de1: autosense failed: cable problem?
pass2 at ahc0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
pass2: <ESG-SHV SCA HSBP M4 0.62> Fixed Processor SCSI-2 device
pass2: 3.300MB/s transfers
pass5 at ahc1 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
pass5: <ESG-SHV SCA HSBP M4 0.62> Fixed Processor SCSI-2 device
pass5: 3.300MB/s transfers
da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <SEAGATE ST39102LC 0005> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da0: 8683MB (17783240 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 8683C)
da2 at ahc1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da2: <SEAGATE ST39102LC 0005> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da2: 10.000MB/s transfers (5.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da2: 8683MB (17783240 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 8683C)
da1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da1: <SEAGATE ST39102LC 0005> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da1: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da1: 8683MB (17783240 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 8683C)
da3 at ahc1 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da3: <SEAGATE ST39102LC 0005> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da3: 10.000MB/s transfers (5.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da3: 8683MB (17783240 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 8683C)
changing root device to da0s1a
ffs_mountfs: superblock updated for soft updates
ffs_mountfs: superblock updated for soft updates
fpa0: Link Unavailable
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