From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 30 17:14:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59E7A16A4CE for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:14:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.bitparts.org (mail.bitparts.org [66.166.64.157]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD4C843D1D for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:14:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@bitparts.org) Received: from [192.168.0.131] (keymaster.ymcastlouis.org [66.166.64.155] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.bitparts.org (8.13.2/8.13.2) with ESMTP id j2UHE0aI013903; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:14:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@bitparts.org) Message-ID: <424ADE58.1040602@bitparts.org> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:14:00 -0600 From: "J. Buck Caldwell" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Long References: <4249A248.9060709@bitparts.org> <4249A57E.2000909@samsco.org> <4249C737.8030608@bitparts.org> <4249C772.5090701@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <4249C772.5090701@samsco.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with IBM xSeries 226 with ServeRAID 6i+ using FreeBSD 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:14:07 -0000 Scott Long wrote: > J. Buck Caldwell wrote: > >> Scott Long wrote: >> >>> J. Buck Caldwell wrote: >>> >>>> Any help would be appreciated. Requests for more detail will be >>>> answered promptly. >>> >>> >>> >>> It sounds very much like an interrupt routing problem. Have you >>> tried the 5.4-BETA CD? >>> >>> Scott >>> >> No help. Booting normally brings me to the same point - "ips0: >> resetting adapter, make take 5 minutes" - then nothing. System just >> hangs. Also, after that point, hitting the power button will not >> power-off the machine (of course, holding it in will). Anytime before >> that point, hitting the power button will turn the power off instantly. > > > One more test, would you mind trying the 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002 snapshot? > If that works then that gives us a target to shoot for with 5.4. > > Scott > Well, some excellent news - 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002 works perfectly. Or at least, it boots - I'm doing an install now, but I wanted to let you know right away. Anything we could do to get this system running properly under 5.4, let me know - because we're paying lease payments two servers that we can't use at the moment, until we can boot FreeBSD on them. (damn IBM and thier end-of-life cycles....)