From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 25 01:50:39 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CB8016A41C for ; Wed, 25 May 2005 01:50:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xqufa@yokohama.riken.jp) Received: from ykdmp02.yokohama.riken.go.jp (ykdmp02.yokohama.riken.go.jp [134.160.82.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6779943D1F for ; Wed, 25 May 2005 01:50:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xqufa@yokohama.riken.jp) Received: (qmail 238 invoked by uid 0); 25 May 2005 10:50:36 +0900 Received: from unknown (HELO ykmail01.yokohama.riken.go.jp) (127.0.0.1) by 0 with SMTP; 25 May 2005 10:50:36 +0900 Received: from ([mail.gsc.riken.go.jp (134.160.82.32)]) by ykdmp02 (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall Unix); Wed, 25 May 2005 10:50:36 +0900 (JST) Received: (qmail 57032 invoked by uid 0); 25 May 2005 01:50:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.16.40?) (134.160.83.104) by mail.gsc.riken.go.jp with SMTP; 25 May 2005 01:50:36 -0000 Message-ID: <4293DAD4.8030405@yokohama.riken.jp> Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:54:28 +0900 From: Nathan Butcher User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: ja, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Suspected bug on FreeBSD 5.4 RAID problems on Fujitsu RX300 hardware (workaround) X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 01:50:39 -0000 Some time ago I posted this message on the bug list regarding installation problems with FreeBSD 5.4 and Fujitsu RX300. I've got a workaround. I'm basically reconfirming the info in the post below, EXCEPT that with FreeBSD5.4, recompiling the kernel with the SMP option actually works. (Recompiling it in 5.3 obviously doesn't fix it, according to the post below) http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-December/043921.html Apparently this "ATAPI_IDENTIFY timed out" error is caused due to the GENERIC kernel that comes on the FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE ISOs. The GENERIC kernel won't work when there are two CPUs enabled on the motherboard. Fortunately a FreeBSD5.4 SMP kernel WILL work with this hardware, just not the GENERIC kernel on the ISO. So this bug is actually related to SMP and the GENERIC kernel, and NOT any of the drives, RAID or otherwise, on the system (as I thought it might have been earlier, according to the kernel errors I saw). To workaround this and install FreeBSD5.4 on a Fujitsu RX300, one of the CPUs has to be disabled in the BIOS first. Then you should be able to install FreeBSD 5.4 from the CD ISO without any problems. After installation, the kernel has to be recompiled with SMP options. Once the new kernel has been installed, you can reboot the machine and re-enable the switched out CPU in the BIOS. Then you should have a fully working FreeBSD 5.4 with an SMP kernel :) Cheers, Nathan