From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 6 15:32:38 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A15DB16A4CE for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 15:32:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from miramanee.icarz.com (miramanee.icarz.com [207.99.22.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2CC543D4C for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 15:32:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kenfreebsd@icarz.com) Received: from deanna.icarz.com (deanna.icarz.com [207.99.22.19]) by miramanee.icarz.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j36FWWdQ007928; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:32:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from kenfreebsd@icarz.com) Received: from kenxp (netb-138.icarz.com [209.123.219.138]) by deanna.icarz.com (8.12.11/8.12.9) with SMTP id j36FWSYA048471; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:32:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from kenfreebsd@icarz.com) Message-ID: <0c2a01c53abd$d9556750$8adb7bd1@icarz.com> From: "Ken Menzel" To: , "Jeremy Bogan" References: Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:32:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Spam-Score: -100 () USER_IN_WHITELIST X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 Subject: Re: 4.11-STABLE/PAE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ken Menzel List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:32:38 -0000 from "man aac" BUGS section (near the bottom): This driver will not work on systems with more than 4GB of memory. My comment: If you want more than 4G with aac controller try FreeBSD 5.3 or 5.4 Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Bogan" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:41 AM Subject: 4.11-STABLE/PAE > Hiya, > > We've recently loaded FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE with PAE support onto one > of our brand new Dell PowerEdge 2650's. The box has 6GB RAM and > with PAE support compiled into our kernel can see it all fine. > However when we start doing disk intensive stuff like compiling, > our RAID appears to spack out and cause the system to freeze and > require a reboot. When logging in via console we see: > > aac0: COMMAND TIMEOUT AFTER 1540 SECONDS > > repeated continuously. > > Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz > (3050.63-MHz 686-class CPU) > Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 > Stepping = 9 > Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: > Features=0xbfebfbff ,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> > Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs > Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: real memory = 6442450944 (6291456K > bytes) > Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: avail memory = 6000644096 (5860004K > bytes) > > When disabling PAE support everything appears to be perfectly fine, > but we're only able to address 4GB out of our 6GB. Just wondering > if anyone else has experienced this or has any insight. > > The system is running RAID5 with 4 x 73GB SCSI drives: > > Apr 5 22:30:03 luke1 /kernel: aac0: mem > 0xf0000000-0xf7ffffff irq 16 at device 8.1 on pci4 > Apr 5 22:30:03 luke1 /kernel: aac0: i960RX 100MHz, 118MB cache > memory, optional battery present > Apr 5 22:30:03 luke1 /kernel: aac0: Kernel 2.8-0, Build 6092, S/N > 64a1d3 > Apr 5 22:30:03 luke1 /kernel: aac0: Supported > Options=275c > > Thanks :) > > -- > jeremy bogan [ jeremy@segpub.com.au ] > segment publishing - design.develop.host > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"