Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 13:56:23 -0500 From: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> To: Travis Pugh <tdp@eng.mstarmetro.net> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: AMD64 Stable fails to boot on Dell PowerEdge 1950 Message-ID: <27800DE9-ACD4-47A7-AD31-0AD074054480@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <20061031173604.GD67053@mail.eng.mstarmetro.net> References: <45423B3B.2080703@eng.mstarmetro.net> <185DC54D-A21E-4584-82D3-55608DBBE704@khera.org> <20061031114553.ef730ec0.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20061031173604.GD67053@mail.eng.mstarmetro.net>
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--Apple-Mail-6--583410147 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Oct 31, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Travis Pugh wrote: > I've had no difficulty with 1950/2950 installs, as long as the disk > controller is the PERC 5/I. I don't know if this holds for Vivek's > experience as well. > > However, with the SAS5 controller (LSILogic SAS) AMD64 won't boot > without > either: > > - ACPI / APIC disabled, killing SMP > - Any BCE interfaces disabled in BIOS This is key information for running FreeBSD on this device. it should be documented in the http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/ motherboards.html page. Please submit a PR so others can find this easily. Thanks! --Apple-Mail-6--583410147--
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