From nobody Fri Jan 14 10:44:34 2022 X-Original-To: stable@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6DBE1961B91 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:44:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpalmer@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.in-addr.com (mail.in-addr.com [IPv6:2a01:4f8:191:61e8::2525:2525]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4JZybv4zCfz4g5m for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:44:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpalmer@freebsd.org) Received: from gjp by mail.in-addr.com with local (Exim 4.95 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1n8K4Q-000Klc-W7; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:44:35 +0000 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:44:34 +0000 From: Gary Palmer To: Willem Jan Withagen Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Trying to boot a supermicro H8DMT board Message-ID: References: <8ac447b6-eaaf-0a8f-da69-27db15dd6f55@digiware.nl> List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8ac447b6-eaaf-0a8f-da69-27db15dd6f55@digiware.nl> X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: gpalmer@freebsd.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on mail.in-addr.com); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4JZybv4zCfz4g5m X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=softfail (mx1.freebsd.org: 2a01:4f8:191:61e8::2525:2525 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of gpalmer@freebsd.org) smtp.mailfrom=gpalmer@freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.50 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[gpalmer]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.90)[-0.895]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[freebsd.org]; R_SPF_SOFTFAIL(0.00)[~all:c]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(1.00)[1.000]; HFILTER_HELO_4(2.50)[mail.in-addr.com]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[stable]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:24940, ipnet:2a01:4f8::/32, country:DE]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 11:27:06AM +0100, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: > Hi, > > I was given these SMC h8DMT boards to experiment with. > (For liquid cooling) > > Theze are server board that normally go into twin board systems. > 2 Opteron 2380 per board. > > It sort of boots, and gets to: > ?????? Beasty loader > ?????? then booting the kernel after the spinner > ???? prints the first few lines of boot output, like what compilers is used > ???? and then output stops. > > I guess that it thinks it needs to write the rest to either serial console > or something else. > > Does this sound familiar to anybody? > What do I need to toggle to keep writing where it started? What version of FreeBSD are you using? You can try going to the command prompt from the Beastie menu and putting in console="comconsole" comconsole_speed="115200" (replace the speed on 2nd line as appropriate to match the speed the board used prior to the kernel loading) and seeing if that helps. Regards, Gary