From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 4 17:30:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8995C16A41F for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:30:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ke.han@redstarling.com) Received: from smtp102.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp102.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F18EC43D6A for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:30:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ke.han@redstarling.com) Received: (qmail 38217 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2005 17:30:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.2?) (jhancock@patternware.com@218.79.199.193 with plain) by smtp102.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Dec 2005 17:30:51 -0000 Message-ID: <439327CA.6040104@redstarling.com> Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 01:30:50 +0800 From: "ke.han" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: current@freebsd.org References: <43906ED8.5060209@redstarling.com> In-Reply-To: <43906ED8.5060209@redstarling.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Tyan i7520 mobo problems on FreeBSD 6 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, 04 Dec 2005 17:30:52 -0000 Solution found !!! For the tyan i7520 mobo, you must go to the boot loader prompt and type set hint.apic.0.disabled="1". This clears up the issues. ke.han wrote: > Dear list, > I have been continuing efforts to get the Tyan i7520 mobo to work with > freeBSD 6. Here are some of the problems. I have tried the things > suggested by others like turning on/off Hyperthreading...no luck. > > If I can't find a solution by Monday, I will be forced to pull this mobo > and buy another. This is costly, but not compared to the time and face > I've lost over the past month. Centos 4.2 installs/works perfect. So > this is a problem between freeBSD 6 installer and the mobo, not the mobo > itself. freeBSD 5.4 gives my similar problems. > > Here are a few of the problems with freeBSD 6 and the tyan i7520: > > 1 - Floppy not found. I was able to fix this by turning off the onboard > SATA. > 2 - EIDE or SATA drive connected directly to respective mobo controller > not found. I'm not an expert at hints, but I tried a few things and no > luck. > 3 - 3Ware 9550sx card not found. With the latest not-released 9.3.0.2 > driver called twa_9ksx.ko, I was able to get the module loaded during > sysinstall and the card was usable and the install completed. After > reboot, I entered boot prompt and reloaded the same module and boot but > this time the card does not work. Another sided effect of loading this > module in sysinstall is that after it is loaded, the installer tells me > it can't find my cdrom to complete the install...yes, the same cdrom I > have booted the installer with. But an ftp install from this point worked. > > So, I would like any suggestions as to fixing item 3 above or find a > suitable mobo to replace. If I end up replacing the mobo I am happy to > gift the tyan i7520 to a team member that wants to debug with it. > > My mobo requirements are straightforward: > > 1 - Ethernet - two ports, great throughput with _no patches_ for all the > freeBSD 6 advance networking features: pf, altq, kqueue, polling. I > just want it work right "out of the box". > 2 - works with my 3ware 9550sx-4lp card. > 3 - It would be very nice if the sysinstall recognized my cd and floppy > with no hints or any other tricks. > > thanks, ke han > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >