Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:29:15 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_=D8verby?= <ltning@mac.com> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-AMD64 on Xeon MP - SOLVED Message-ID: <B4E40EA2-DD69-4641-B872-D95F7C4986BB@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <6D397584-2B6B-4F1A-B5C4-2A7B77AE52EB@anduin.net> References: <6D397584-2B6B-4F1A-B5C4-2A7B77AE52EB@anduin.net>
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Hi all, the issue below has been solved by a new BIOS for the server in =20 question. I recently received a beta BIOS from Supermicro, after =20 having reported the issue and done a bit of troubleshooting with them. =20= The tip that helped the most was the boot-linux-first trick. Anyone who wants the BIOS may mail me privately; otherwise it'll =20 likely be released by Supermicro in the not-too-distant future. /Eirik On Oct 20, 2008, at 08:22, Eirik =D8verby wrote: > Hi, > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I try to run FreeBSD-7-AMD64 on a Quad Xeon (Xeon MP 7320) and =20 >> 32GB RAM. >> > The Board is a X7QC3 by supermicro and the installation is done on >> > another system, updated and plugged to this system. So I have a =20 >> drive >> > with 7-STABLE compiled today. >> > >> > The last line I see from dmesg is vga0- then the system freezes. >> > >> > Anyone using a similar configuration or knows what could be =20 >> wrong? I >> > still have some days left to play with it, before this box gets =20 >> shipped >> > to the customer. >> >> This looks very, very similar to what I had once, on similar hardware >> (4x Xeon 7xxx, SuperMicro). I didn't find a solution and didn't =20 >> bother >> since the box isn't intended for FreeBSD. I did find (by accident) a >> curious workaround: I booted Linux (I used Ubuntu 8.04 amd64 LiveCD - >> just to boot it, without installing), then rebooted and booted =20 >> FreeBSD - >> worked every time, but it's obviously not a long-term solution. If =20= >> you >> can also verify that this "solves" the problem, then someone might =20= >> work >> with you to produce a patch. > > I just received four such servers, all intended for FreeBSD.... And =20= > I'm seeing exactly the same problem. I'm going to try booting Linux =20= > and then back into FreeBSD, but it's obviously not a solution. =20 > Anyone who might want to work on this can have a box like this to =20 > work on via remote KVM (including remote boot media capability) any =20= > time. > > I'm going to go poke the supplier and Supermicro for some updated =20 > firmware. > Any progress on your end? > > Some additional info: Safe mode boot gets a bit further, to the =20 > point where it tries to mount/read from /dev/md0, but then hangs hard. > > /Eirik >
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