From owner-freebsd-current Thu Apr 1 4: 0:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from noc.demon.net (server.noc.demon.net [193.195.224.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A1E915028 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 04:00:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fanf@demon.net) Received: by noc.demon.net; id NAA08212; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:00:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from fanf.noc.demon.net(195.11.55.83) by inside.noc.demon.net via smap (3.2) id xmae08125; Thu, 1 Apr 99 13:00:17 +0100 Received: from fanf by fanf.noc.demon.net with local (Exim 1.73 #2) id 10Sg8u-0000pi-00; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:00:16 +0100 To: current@freebsd.org From: Tony Finch Subject: Re: booting systems with lots of memory In-Reply-To: <199903292003.MAA00525@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <14079.46583.208347.306328@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Message-Id: Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:00:16 +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith wrote: >Tony Finch 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. -- f.a.n.finch dot@dotat.at fanf@demon.net Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc. Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 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> 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: 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: rev 0x00 int a irq 11 on pci0.12.0 chip0: 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: rev 0x02 on pci0.15.3 chip2: rev 0x03 on pci0.16.0 chip3: rev 0x02 on pci0.18.0 chip4: rev 0x02 on pci0.19.0 chip5: rev 0x02 on pci0.20.0 Probing for devices on PCI bus 1: ahc1: rev 0x00 int a irq 17 on pci1.4.0 ahc1: aic7880 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs fxp0: rev 0x04 int a irq 18 on pci1.5.0 fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:a4:85:bd chip6: rev 0x03 on pci1.6.0 fpa0: 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: 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: 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: Fixed Processor SCSI-2 device pass2: 3.300MB/s transfers pass5 at ahc1 bus 0 target 6 lun 0 pass5: Fixed Processor SCSI-2 device pass5: 3.300MB/s transfers da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: 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: 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: 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: 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message