From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 23 10:45:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55E7216A418 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:45:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmp+lists@alvorlig.dk) Received: from cauchy.aub.dk (cauchy.aub.dk [194.255.124.240]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24F4D13C447 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:45:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmp+lists@alvorlig.dk) Received: from localhost (localhost.aub.dk [127.0.0.1]) by cauchy.aub.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A310611767; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:39:58 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at aub.dk Received: from cauchy.aub.dk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cauchy.aub.dk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lAOz7V5nEXVO; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:39:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.50.5.198] (unknown [10.50.5.198]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jmp) by cauchy.aub.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F0B811748; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:39:54 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <476E3C06.5070908@alvorlig.dk> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:44:22 +0100 From: "J. Martin Petersen" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <4769A3F0.709@terranova.net> In-Reply-To: <4769A3F0.709@terranova.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:18:56 +0000 Cc: Travis Mikalson , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmid?=, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?t?= Subject: Re: ServerWorks/Broadcom HT1000 chipset errata saga 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: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:45:14 -0000 Travis Mikalson wrote: > As far as I can tell, Søren has the HT1000 problems worked out, or at > least worked around. (If the chipset doesn't do that correctly, stop > doing that...) > >[snip] > > See attached patch, *please* test for RELENG_7 and report back here so > re@ can feel a lot more warm and fuzzy about including this in RELENG_7 > before 7.0-RELEASE occurs. I have tested this with the scenarios that failed previously (with 6.2 as well as vanilla 7.0-BETA4) and it works! Good work, Søren, and thanks Travis! > It would be fantastic if 7.0-RELEASE worked right out of the box for > people using HT1000-based motherboards. I second that. Please include it into 7.0-RELEASE, as that would make it usable on off-the-shelve HP ProLiant servers instead of "silently" corrupting everything. Martin