From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 13 08:48:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B513716A46F for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:48:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C62C443D55 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:48:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so2532931uge for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:48:42 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=hYrw5K7o1JeWod2VXHRIAyuqlXxePPYYyQ3sKpD8x3tZklNKQoXojydZS2bDycNhWjsEs7+BOnWx4n1KVhIJk+dhvb+veM8/4ta1q4Rri6SCUR3pikNHS9dqrx9RbGBnq1nD5UruZNPyVt9z4+S219gSoX2k3rCU/LmB4ZJ94qo= Received: by 10.78.47.15 with SMTP id u15mr111077huu; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:58:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.23.18 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:58:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2a41acea0606122358p42dec463n7dae1530e2dcde05@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:58:11 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "Kimmo Alm" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Annoying FreeBSD > 4.11 ASUS PSCH-SR/SATA mobo incompability X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:48:44 -0000 On 6/12/06, Kimmo Alm wrote: > Hey, > > My ASUS PSCH-SR/SATA won't work in FreeBSD versions over 4.x. I have > tested 5.x, 6.x and even a current 7.x one. > > CD: "bootonly". > Problem: Loads kernel, and then basically freezes, overwriting characters > on the screen (at the boot menu with the options). > > Among the zillions of things I've tested to solve this problem include: > Testing another videocard (PCI -- not on-board), testing without the S-ATA > enabled, updated BIOS to the latest version (hardware made in 2004 and > last BIOS update in late 2005), changing a ton of settings in the BIOS, > installing the OS on another box and moving the HDD... Nothing works. > > The hardware cannot possibly not faulty as it can run Debian Linux or > FreeBSD 4.11 perfectly well. That's right. No probbies there. But I don't > want to run Linux and I don't want to run legacy FreeBSD... > > I don't know what else to say... I have really, really did my best and > tested every potentional solution. No luck. > > I am now asking you to please look into this and perhaps come up with some > kind of solution/patch. This is a standard hardware server motherboard, > which apparently has won a lot of awards for being so great and flexible > on top of that! It really makes little sense to me that this would not be > supported by FreeBSD! How about some useful info, like the last thing the boot messages say before it freezes? Did you boot in 'safe' mode, and if so what happens then. The reason 4.11 works I imagine is that its not even trying to do use ACPI. Linux has like a 'zillion' engineers spread across most computer manufacturers that keep it up to date, FreeBSD doesnt have the same army, so when you say "it makes little sense" think about that :) Good luck, Jack