From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 23 20:24:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CECF11065684 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:24:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) Received: from mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 478018FC1E for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:24:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) Received: from aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20080723203031.VLWO16629.mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:30:31 +0100 Received: from cpc2-cove3-0-0-cust311.sol2.cable.ntl.com ([86.20.33.56]) by aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20080723203039.EVYM16854.aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@cpc2-cove3-0-0-cust311.sol2.cable.ntl.com> for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:30:39 +0100 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cpc2-cove3-0-0-cust311.sol2.cable.ntl.com Received: from gamma.private.lan (gamma.private.lan [192.168.0.12]) by cpc2-cove3-0-0-cust311.sol2.cable.ntl.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6NKNql8094976 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:23:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) From: ian j hart To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:23:52 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200807221659.20396.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200807221659.20396.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807232123.52186.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on cpc2-cove3-0-0-cust311.sol2.cable.ntl.com Subject: Re: unable to use gmirror on supermicro 5015b-mt X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:24:01 -0000 On Tuesday 22 July 2008 16:59:20 ian j hart wrote: > These are new boxes. > http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5015/SYS-5015B-MT.cfm > > core 2 Q6600 CPU > 8Gb 667 RAM > > Boxes were memtested from Fri-Mon okay. 6.3-RELEASE (amd64) installs fine. > Build cycle okay. Running (no load) for a week or so. > > However, when I try to configure gmirror they hang on boot. > > After some fiddling it appears issuing > #kldload geom_mirror > hangs the boxes very hard. Ping response stops (after 3), no CAD response, > CDROM draw doesn't open! > > This may well be a foolish thing to do but another (different) amd64 box > doesn't hang. I don't believe this to be amd64 specific, I suspect that > there's something strange about this hardware. > > There are very many BIOS options and I feel like I've tried them all > without getting anywhere. > > I'm "on holiday" this week and I've borrowed a box to test. Any suggestions > would be welcome. I'll (re)try anything but I need help to stay focused. > > Before you ask, no I cannot try 7.0-RELEASE, but that's a whole other > thread (which may bear fruit more quickly). > > I already dropped the RAM to 2Gb and disabled the memory remap in the BIOS. > > dmesg after sig [AHCI disabled, SATA legacy mode] > > Thanks As I suspected, no takers :) "Fix". In /boot/loader.conf hw.ata.atapi_dma="0" This allows kldload without hang. I'm sure that this fix will allow me to configure a mirror. I'll post back if I'm wrong. -- ian j hart