From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 10 06:10:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B19F16A422 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:10:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD59A43D49 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:10:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1A6ABSi053647 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:10:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k1A6ABrn053646; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:10:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:10:11 GMT Message-Id: <200602100610.k1A6ABrn053646@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org From: Chris Cc: Subject: Re: i386/86880: [hang] 6.0 hangs or reboots whilst 5.4 is stable (ASUS-A7NX motherboard with nforce2 chipset) X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chris List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:10:12 -0000 The following reply was made to PR i386/86880; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Chris To: "Mars G. Miro" Cc: Geoffroy Desvernay , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/86880: [hang] 6.0 hangs or reboots whilst 5.4 is stable (ASUS-A7NX motherboard with nforce2 chipset) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:09:18 +0000 ------=_Part_13577_17800037.1139551758562 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 09/02/06, Mars G. Miro wrote: > > On 2/9/06, Geoffroy Desvernay wrote: > > Quoting "Mars G. Miro" : > > > > > On 2/8/06, Geoffroy Desvernay wrote: > > >> > > >> >>>I've got the same problem with an A7N8X-X (athlon 2000+) > motherboard > > and > > >> >>>6-STABLE (Build Feb, 2 2006). > > >> >>>booting with kernel.debug says nothing, seems to be hardware hang > but > > >> >>>doesn't happend with linux nor OpenBSD. Didn't tried 5.3 yet. > > >> >>>Hang after detection of ATA devices (floppy's light turns on, the= n > > hang) > > >> > > > >> > I've experienced this myself. Happens w/ nForce-based mobos and > > >> > certain shuttles. My fix has to always set the BIOS setting of the > HD > > >> > to LBA instead of Auto or CHS. > > >> > > > >> > Try this and report back ;-) > > >> > > > >> Tried this unsuccessfully, but fixing cpu freq to 100Mhz (instead of > > >> 133Mhz) seems to work... > > >> > > >> I've read something about disabling firewire in the bios, but I have > it > > >> on a separate card (not in the MB), and I can't remove it for the > > moment... > > >> > > > > > > Also try disabling APIC (not ACPI) as I've encountered several mobos > > > that have this implemented poorly w/c results in weird behaviors of > > > the OS. > > > > > >> I'm not kernel developper, but I may try patches or ? > > >> > > > > > > I'm not aware of any patches but I think this is just a hardware > > > config problem tho YMMV. > > > > > Working at 133Mhz with hint.apic.0.disabled=3D"1" in looader.conf. > > > > Thanks for that :) > > > > Actually, I was referring to disabling APIC in the BIOS, not in > FreeBSD. But I'm glad that it works ;-) > > > I saw at http://acpi.sf.net/dsdt/view.php?id=3D233 that a dsdt specific > > for this board is available... (not fixing all), could this fix > > anything in my case ? I think I'll give a try on of these days... > > > > That I have no clue ;-) > > > > Geoffroy > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > > > > > > > cheers > mars > _______________________________________________ I noticed a few times now disabling acpi in 6.0 fixes some problems, but on the same hardware acpi will work on 5.4 is this to do with i386 support bee= n removed or are there other acpi changes under the hood? Chris ------=_Part_13577_17800037.1139551758562 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline

On 09/02/06, Mars G. Miro <marsgmiro@gmai= l.com> wrote:
On 2/9/06, Geoffroy Desvernay &l= t;dgeo@dgeos.net> wrote:
> Q= uoting "Mars G. Miro" < marsgmiro@gmail.com>:
>=
> > On 2/8/06, Geoffroy Desvernay <dgeo@dgeos.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >= >>I've got the same problem with an A7N8X-X (athlon 2000+) motherboar= d
> and
> >> >>>6-STABLE (Build Feb, 2 2006).
= > >> >>>booting with kernel.debug says nothing, seems to = be hardware hang but
> >> >>>doesn't happend with linu= x nor OpenBSD. Didn't tried=20 5.3 yet.
> >> >>>Hang after detection of ATA devices (= floppy's light turns on, then
> hang)
> >> >
> &= gt;> > I've experienced this myself. Happens w/ nForce-based mobos an= d
> >> > certain shuttles. My fix has to always set the BIOS = setting of the HD
> >> > to LBA instead of Auto or CHS.
&= gt; >> >
> >> > Try this and report back ;-)
> >> >
> >> Tried this unsuccessfully, but fixing c= pu freq to 100Mhz (instead of
> >> 133Mhz) seems to work...
= > >>
> >> I've read something about disabling firewire= in the bios, but I have it
> >> on a separate card (not in the MB), and I can't remove it= for the
> moment...
> >>
> >
> > Also = try disabling APIC (not ACPI) as I've encountered several mobos
> >= ; that have this implemented poorly w/c results in weird behaviors of
> > the OS.
> >
> >> I'm not kernel developp= er, but I may try patches or ?
> >>
> >
> > I= 'm not aware of any patches but I think this is just a hardware
> >= ; config problem tho YMMV.
> >
> Working at 133Mhz with hint.apic.0.disabled=3D"1= " in looader.conf.
>
> Thanks for that :)
>

A= ctually, I was referring to disabling APIC in the BIOS, not in
FreeBSD. = But I'm glad that it works ;-)

> I saw at http://acpi.sf.net/dsdt/view.php?id=3D233 that a dsdt specific
>= for this board is available... (not fixing all), could this fix
> an= ything in my case ? I think I'll give a try on of these days...
>

That I have no clue ;-)


> Geoffroy
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
&= gt; This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
>
>
>


cheers
mars
_________________________= ______________________
 
I noticed a few times now disabling acpi in 6.0 fixes some problems, b= ut on the same hardware acpi will work on 5.4 is this to do with i386 suppo= rt been removed or are there other acpi changes under the hood?
 
Chris

 
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