From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 10:29:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F40471065670; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:29:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ltning@anduin.net) Received: from mail.anduin.net (mail.anduin.net [213.225.74.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6F768FC0A; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:29:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ltning@anduin.net) Received: from [193.213.86.45] (helo=[192.168.3.193]) by mail.anduin.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1L0CyK-000A8A-9H; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:29:16 +0100 Message-Id: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_=D8verby?= To: Ivan Voras In-Reply-To: <6D397584-2B6B-4F1A-B5C4-2A7B77AE52EB@anduin.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:29:15 +0100 References: <6D397584-2B6B-4F1A-B5C4-2A7B77AE52EB@anduin.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Sender: ltning@anduin.net Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-AMD64 on Xeon MP - SOLVED X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:29:19 -0000 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 >