From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 23:47:52 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A21BC16A41B for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:47:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: from web63911.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web63911.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.97.126]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 517DA13C45A for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:47:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 8191 invoked by uid 60001); 26 Nov 2007 23:41:11 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=QIlpxu72VUEDQX5W/cT6hDQXxZYX7NwWyqb52PvS/amLj77O6ggjiitxmEY1nLN6dRSApylrIW7GUmXkMGx/3HjcGndmGSoc9ZhUgcyecZx+bmLWm1K/qOh4x+7Fe266FsnTkNIfSllTgK4JNO4mWnH1iiGXptPCOVIdV+oYDCM=; X-YMail-OSG: xVssksUVM1lfkO1p5_tJ8ngeFkmTd34.ArA2DitRgK0HMDxOnqKVDTRO7ZrpV24mdQOfOIU2KZMOhWPpN8J6OxAXORCF9mFDGKZmqooOkeX3RvyxZRzMGQ-- Received: from [98.203.28.38] by web63911.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:41:11 PST Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:41:11 -0800 (PST) From: Barney Cordoba To: "Søren" Schmidt In-Reply-To: <474B2FF6.6020209@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <512683.5780.qm@web63911.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any successful installs on a Broadcom HT1000 chipset? 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: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:47:52 -0000 --- Søren Schmidt wrote: > Mike Tancsa wrote: > > At 07:26 AM 11/21/2007, Barney Cordoba wrote: > >> I've done a bit of research and it seems that > this > >> chipset has been ignored for years now by the > FreeBSD > >> team. Whats the reasoning for a major chipset > used by > > > > I think you are jumping to conclusions. I have a > HT1000 chipset board > > and have been using it just fine for some time. > > > (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-November/079920.html) > > > > > There obviously are some cases were it does not, > so its harder to > > track down than just a case of spending $150. If > you do have such a > > board that does not work, perhaps make the offer > of sending the > > problem board to a developer who is interested in > fixing the issue. > That would be an excelent idea :) > > As usual I'll try to get any ATA/SATA HW that shows > up on my doorstep > working, thats the deal. > I dont have the means nor the motivation to spend my > own hard earned $$ > on all kinds of HW to get someone out there free > support, simple as that.. > > That said, I do have a HT1000 based board around a > supermicro H8SSL that > is used as a busy local fileserver, needless to say > it works flawlessly. > > So, to get this worked on and hopefully fixed, get > me a failing board to > work on here... private mail with address details > etc can be had on > request... > > -Søren > Is your busy file server running 7.0, and is it running in SATA mode? The MBs we've tried are H8SSP-i and an H8SSL-i, both with the same, unsuccessful results: bad file reads, signals when trying to run apps, crash-and-burn on buildworld wthin 5 seconds. Something happened between 6.2 and 7.0, as we were able to run 6.2 on these systems. Barney ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ