From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 4 11:48:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 9114716A47E for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 11:48:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF8AA43D46 for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 11:48:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k94BmTvD024123; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 06:48:29 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <45239F8C.3000807@centtech.com> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:48:28 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060923) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dermot Williams References: <4522E54C.7060406@qbrick.com> <1159948998.5170.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> <45236E94.5080308@samsco.org> <45239B5C.2030806@centtech.com> <1159961902.5170.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1159961902.5170.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1994/Tue Oct 3 23:10:39 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Fredrik Widlund , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.2-BETA2 Dell PE1950 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: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:48:31 -0000 Ok, even if that's true, I can give Scott a remote console anyhow via another means. I haven't tried that yet, since the NIC was a showstopper for me. We're holding on ordering some 1950's for this very reason, and we're getting close to being in a bad spot (need hardware, FreeBSD doesn't work well on it, uh oh). Eric On 10/04/06 06:38, Dermot Williams wrote: > Well that's another problem - the DRAC stuff doesn't work once FreeBSD > finishes booting (or, rather, the virtual keyboard doesn't work). > > Dermot > > On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 06:30 -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: >> Scott, >> >> I have a new 1950 sitting here ready for any hacking you want. It has >> remote console access (DRAC), etc, so I could install whatever you want >> and give you full access to it. Any other resources you need to work on >> this, I can provide also. Email me directly if you are interested. >> >> Eric >> >> >> On 10/04/06 03:19, Scott Long wrote: >>> A quick tour of the bce driver leaves a lot of concerns in my mind >>> about how interrupts are handled as well as how work is segmented. >>> I only have very limited access to a 1950 with this chip in it, >>> though, so if anyone can provide better access (or maybe a shiny >>> new 1950 for my lab!) I can look at it over the next week or so. >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> Dermot Williams wrote: >>>> Frederik, >>>> >>>> Dunno if it helps, but we're running 6.1-STABLE on 1950s and the mfi >>>> driver detects the SAS with no problems. >>>> >>>> With regard to the bce driver, I've been having the exact same issue on >>>> this hardware - NFS triggers it every time in our case. I've upgraded >>>> one of the machines in question to one of the 7- releases and the >>>> problem is still there, unfortunately. >>>> >>>> I've actually ordered Intel PRO cards for these 1950s because we're in >>>> the same boat as you in that we don't really want to migrate away from >>>> FreeBSD. >>>> >>>> Sorry I don't have more or better info for you. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dermot >>>> >>>> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 00:33 +0200, Fredrik Widlund wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying to get FreeBSD working on Dell 1950 (and 2950), which is >>>>> vital since it's no longer possible to buy 1850/2850 units here. >>>>> >>>>> Hardware: >>>>> PE1950 Xeon 5130, 2GB 667MHz >>>>> SAS 5I >>>>> PERC5E >>>>> >>>>> 6.1-RELEASE: not possible since SAS drives aren't found. >>>>> 6.2-BETA2: bce interfaces does not work at all, "watchdog timeout >>>>> occured" every other second, and _no_ connectivity. >>>>> >>>>> We are also having problems with some PE1850 failing from time to time >>>>> with "watchdog timeout" hangs, and have had to debug.mpsafenet=0 these. >>>>> >>>>> How can we help solve this issue? It would really be a pity to be forced >>>>> to leave FreeBSD but we really can't afford to replace our choice of >>>>> hardware platform. >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> Fredrik Widlund >>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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" >> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------