Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:25:02 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@palisadesys.com> Cc: Martin Nilsson <martin@mullet.se>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supermicro H8DAR-8 motherboard Message-ID: <43039D1E.8070209@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <43036A03.2030708@palisadesys.com> References: <42D66D84.9010701@palisadesys.com> <42D68EDA.7050808@mullet.se> <43036A03.2030708@palisadesys.com>
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Guy Helmer wrote: > Martin Nilsson wrote: > >> Guy Helmer wrote: >> >>> Has anyone on the list tried the new Supermicro H8DAR-8 or related >>> motherboards for Opterons? If so, any issues? >> >> >> >> I have a H8DAE running in a test-box before we start selling them. >> >> So far I have ony found one problem: >> It is impossible to boot FreeBSD/i386 with the 1U IPMI card, the >> kernel panics when loading the keyboard driver. This does not happen >> with FreeBSD/amd64. I haven't tested how well the IPMI card works in >> FreeBSD, there may be problems with the bge driver. >> >> Other than that I really like the board. If you have any more >> questions I'll be happy to answer them. >> > We received the H8DAR-8 unit a little over a week ago with dual Opteron > 275s and it has been running well since. I didn't have any problem > installing FreeBSD 6.0-BETA1, and I ran "make -j12 buildworld" > continuously on it over a weekend. It finally crashed on an sbfree > call, but I'd chalk that up to BETA1. It's been solid under a lighter > load since. I like the board and I'm glad Supermicro was able to cram > it into a 1U case :-) > > Guy > Do you have any crash data on the panic? Unfortunately, we haven't perfected the 'self fixing beta release', so we rely on good reports to get bugs fixed manually =-) Scott
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