From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 1 18:50:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73F671065673 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:50:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 642308FC08 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:50:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o21Io5ND017264 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:50:05 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o21Io59S017263; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:50:05 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:50:05 GMT Message-Id: <201003011850.o21Io59S017263@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org From: John Baldwin Cc: Subject: Re: amd64/144376: continuous reboot on motherboards with ATI SB7xx controller and RAID enabled X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: John Baldwin List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:50:05 -0000 The following reply was made to PR amd64/144376; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Cc: Luigi Italiano , freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/144376: continuous reboot on motherboards with ATI SB7xx controller and RAID enabled Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:08:53 -0500 On Sunday 28 February 2010 4:52:40 pm Luigi Italiano wrote: > > >Number: 144376 > >Category: amd64 > >Synopsis: continuous reboot on motherboards with ATI SB7xx controller and RAID enabled > >Confidential: no > >Severity: serious > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: freebsd-amd64 > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Sun Feb 28 22:00:02 UTC 2010 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Luigi Italiano > >Release: 8.0-RELEASE; 9.0_CURRENT > >Organization: > >Environment: > >Description: > When try to boot from the DVD, the system stop just after the BTX load and reboot. > > This happens to motherboard with AMD/ATI SB700 or SB750 chipset, just when the onboard RAID controller is enabled. IDE and AHCI mode are ok. > The same problem appears with DragonFlyBSD 2.4.1. > FreeBSD/i386, NetBSD and OpenBSD have no problem, as Linux and Windows. Can you provide more details about what is on the screen when it dies? Do you get far enough to get to a loader prompt? Can you possibly get a screen capture before it resets? -- John Baldwin