From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 22:56:42 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 C261B1065689 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:56:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CD128FC0A for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:56:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.43]) by QMTA09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id M1RT1a0090vyq2s59Awh4g; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:56:41 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.253.227]) by OMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id MAwg1a00J4v8bD73RAwhR1; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:56:41 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=4BG5oNr0TW4A:10 a=zBfqvZn8nFgA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=AfZRL7bedDh4yfUqN2kA:9 a=Erdg3Z9whjMBGS3kJ0sFXypVG5wA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5E4A8C9419; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:56:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:56:40 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Fernan Aguero Message-ID: <20080930225640.GA58895@icarus.home.lan> References: <520894aa0809301434h68b94628x54ec08fd48785feb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <520894aa0809301434h68b94628x54ec08fd48785feb@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] Fix for ServerWorks HT1000 in upcoming 7.1? 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: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:56:42 -0000 On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 06:34:04PM -0300, Fernan Aguero wrote: > I have a server (Dell PowerEdge SC1435, ServerWorks HT1000) on which > I'd like to try installing FreeBSD. I've already failed to make 7.0 > work on this box and was wondering if you have information about the > behavior of the upcoming 7.1 on this hardware. Why don't you try a 7.1-PRERELEASE ISO and see if it works for you? ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200809/ > I've been following the "HT1000 chipset errata saga" thread, and the > commits by sos@ to CVS (around Jan 2008), but have not seen other more > recent posts about this issue ... is it because it's already fixed and > working fine for everyone? > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-December/081429.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-March/084272.html Wow; the 2nd URL there is major/huge. I feel sorry for anyone having to deal with this problem. I'll update my Wiki page to reflect this data; thanks for bringing it (indirectly) to my attention. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |