From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 13:44:57 2008 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 42771106564A; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:44:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D8E8FC29; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:44:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (unknown [208.65.89.154]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAA7B1A4D84; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:44:56 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin To: Palle Girgensohn Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:34:32 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <885C4B6A17699CD41C7586C7@c-6354e155.1521-1-64736c12.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se> <200804161030.23577.jhb@freebsd.org> <62858BF8F0D2B4C47A936646@rambutan.pingpong.net> In-Reply-To: <62858BF8F0D2B4C47A936646@rambutan.pingpong.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200804170934.32348.jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 does not work on HP DL180, irq 10 storm 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: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:44:57 -0000 On Wednesday 16 April 2008 11:24:51 am Palle Girgensohn wrote: > --On onsdag, april 16, 2008 10.30.23 -0400 John Baldwin > > wrote: > > On Friday 11 April 2008 01:35:15 pm Palle Girgensohn wrote: > >> A customer is trying to get a brand new HP DL 180 to work with FreeBSD. > >> We tried 7.0-RELEASE-amd64 and the March 7-STABLE-amd64 snapshot, none > >> of them works. > >> > >> I don't have the entire picture, since I haven't tried installing > >> myself, the machine is 700 km away, but it is an experienced sysadmin > >> doing the installation. After install, which seemingly works, although > >> the console is complaining about IRQ 10 problems (can't say exactly what > >> it complains about), reboot to the fresh install does not work, the > >> machine apparently scrolls away a great number of complaints about IRQ > >> 10. > >> > >> He tried turning off USB, serial and other stuff in BIOS, but it didn't > >> help. > >> > >> He tried Red Hat, and it works perfectly, so my guess is there is > >> something with a FreeBSD driver, dunno for sure which one. > >> > >> sorry I can't be more specific. Has anyone else succeeded in installing > >> FreeBSD 7.0 on HP DL180? (that is 180, not 380, which I know works > >> fine). > >> > >> Thanks for any input. > > > > I had a bizarre IRQ storm on IRQ 10 for a DL 180 (or 185?) recently that > > I didn't fully figure out. The box had two bge(4) interfaces and if I > > manually disabled the driver for either one (didn't matter which one) > > the IRQ storm went away. I haven't been able to chase it down further, > > but it doesn't act like a normal IRQ storm (the storm should have > > "stayed" with a given device). > > How did you disable the driver for one of the interfaces? I had a local patch that let me do 'hint.pci0.31.0.disable=1' or some such. I'll dig it up and try to get it into the tree as it is useful on its own. -- John Baldwin