From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 19:45:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C29E91065697 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 19:45:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 933E58FC15 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2010 19:45:41 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LCT0050CG841C00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:45:40 -0600 (CST) Received: from anacreon.physics.wisc.edu (anacreon.physics.wisc.edu [128.104.160.176]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LCT000Q1G83EZ30@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:45:40 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:45:37 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <15A958D9-5CBE-4830-B72C-CC4DF2192BC0@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Paul Mather Message-id: <20101202134537.5fee174a@anacreon.physics.wisc.edu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.22.1; powerpc64-portbld-freebsd9.0) X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=128.104.160.176 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-14, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2010.12.2.193323, SenderIP=128.104.160.176 References: <5A677521-DE86-4BA9-BA85-8003957551B5@freebsd.org> <4CEBDB9D.2010309@freebsd.org> <15A958D9-5CBE-4830-B72C-CC4DF2192BC0@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New powerpc64 snapshot X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:45:41 -0000 On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 14:29:57 -0500 Paul Mather wrote: > On Nov 23, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > > > On 11/22/10 14:34, Paul Mather wrote: > >> 2) Usually, the system will not boot multi-user as it is unable to > >> mount the root partition after booting the kernel. Dropping into > >> the debugger and issuing a "reboot" to do a warm boot will allow > >> the system then to boot multi-user successfully. > > > > Could you do a verbose boot (boot -v at the boot prompt) and send > > the resulting dmesg? There is some issue with the built-in > > serverworks SATA controller and some hard drives that no one has > > been able to track down yet. It doesn't affect anything once the > > machine has booted. > > Since I built a new kernel using updated sources I haven't really > noticed the problem as much. My rebuilt kernel does have WITNESS > disabled. > > Verbose boot output is included at the end of this message. Thanks! I'll see what I can glean from that. > >> 4) After a while, my system fell of the network with "bge0: > >> watchdog timeout -- resetting" being output on the console > >> periodically. > > > > Odd. I've CC'ed Pyun Yong Hyeon, who maintains the bge driver. > > Maybe he has some ideas. > > Touch wood, but since rebuilding the kernel with newer sources I've > not noticed this problem again. Weird. Glad it went away :) > >> I realise the FreeBSD/powerpc64 port is experimental at this point. > >> Can anyone tell me if the above symptoms afflict the 32-bit > >> FreeBSD/powerpc 8-STABLE port? Although I like the idea of the > >> powerpc64 port allowing me to use all of the 3.5 GB RAM in this > >> machine, at this point it is more important for me to trade away > >> the extra RAM for stability (and *quietness*:). If FreeBSD/powerpc > >> 8-STABLE is more solid, I'd rather switch to that, as I'd like to > >> get this machine back into service. > >> > >> (I would be more prepared to soldier on with FreeBSD/powerpc64 if I > >> could get the fan noise problem under control. That would let me > >> do more testing without going crazy from the noise.:) > > > > All of the problems you mentioned above are also present with a > > 32-bit system. > > > I'll keep on with FreeBSD/powerpc64, then. Is ZFS supported? Is > booting from a ZFS pool supported, or do you need to do > the /boot-on-UFS workaround from before the boot loader could boot > from ZFS pools to get a largely ZFS-only system? > ZFS is supported, but booting from a ZFS pool is not, so you'll need to do the /boot-on-UFS thing. -Nathan