Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:08:14 -0700 From: Travis Pugh <tdp@eng.mstarmetro.net> To: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> Cc: Travis Pugh <tdp@eng.mstarmetro.net>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: AMD64 Stable fails to boot on Dell PowerEdge 1950 Message-ID: <20061101190814.GA17161@mail.eng.mstarmetro.net> In-Reply-To: <27800DE9-ACD4-47A7-AD31-0AD074054480@khera.org> References: <45423B3B.2080703@eng.mstarmetro.net> <185DC54D-A21E-4584-82D3-55608DBBE704@khera.org> <20061031114553.ef730ec0.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20061031173604.GD67053@mail.eng.mstarmetro.net> <27800DE9-ACD4-47A7-AD31-0AD074054480@khera.org>
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On 01/11/06 13:56 -0500, Vivek Khera wrote: > >On Oct 31, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Travis Pugh wrote: > >>I've had no difficulty with 1950/2950 installs, as long as the disk >>controller is the PERC 5/I. I don't know if this holds for Vivek's >>experience as well. >> >>However, with the SAS5 controller (LSILogic SAS) AMD64 won't boot >>without >>either: >> >>- ACPI / APIC disabled, killing SMP >>- Any BCE interfaces disabled in BIOS > >This is key information for running FreeBSD on this device. it should >be documented in the http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/ >motherboards.html page. Please submit a PR so others can find this >easily. Thanks! > As far as I can tell, it's already documented as kern/100858, although I'm new enough to BSD Beta software that I'm not sure if there's anything else I can do to assist resolution. Cheers. -travis
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