From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 13 13:24:51 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 2062516A41B; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:24:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Chris@LainOS.org) Received: from mail.neovanglist.net (blackacid.neovanglist.net [69.16.150.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDB7843D45; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:24:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Chris@LainOS.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.neovanglist.net [127.0.0.1]) by mail.neovanglist.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BA8E6D450; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:24:48 -0700 (MST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at neovanglist.net Received: from mail.neovanglist.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (blackacid.neovanglist.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qu-UACbKBw+M; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:24:46 -0700 (MST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (kbhn-vbrg-sr0-vl202-021.perspektivbredband.net [85.235.18.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.neovanglist.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17EF76D44F; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:24:45 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <448EBC97.2030504@LainOS.org> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:24:39 +0200 From: Chris Gilbert User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rink Springer References: <20060613075701.GM57783@rink.nu> In-Reply-To: <20060613075701.GM57783@rink.nu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Kimmo Alm , 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 13:24:51 -0000 Does the RAID BIOS output any thing to the console after the initial POST? (Most RAID BIOS I've seen have some sort of configuration utility/detection spam during/just after POST) Perhaps it's outputting some funk which puts the console in a strange state? I know the bootloader stuff changed a bit after 4.x going into 5.x, (When we got beastie) maybe before there was some kind of console reset that we don't have now? >From talking to Kimmo on IRC, it seems like this happens before the kernel has even loaded, (the bootloader looks screwed) so I doubt it is a driver issue. Perhaps you should see if booting FreeBSD via GRUB makes any difference. -- Regards, Chris Gilbert Rink Springer wrote: >Hi Kimmo, > > > >>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. >> >> > >Try disabling the RAID BIOS; I have an ASUS PCH-DR which shows exactly >the same behaviour. Once I got rid of the on-board Promise RAID (Just >removing the drives did the trick), it would no longer install its BIOS >then and things would work perfectly. > >I had exactly the same symptoms you describe (overwriting screen >charachters, freezes etc). > >Seems to me the RAID BIOS is broken in same way. However, I have not yet >found a way to upgrade it. Linux worked in my case as well, but it does >not seem to support the RAID out-of-box (I couldn't get it to work with >a vanilla kernel, anyway), which hints even stronger that it is the >cause of the evil... no clue why FreeBSD 4.x works, though. > >Good luck, let me know if this works. > > >