Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:08:01 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Ken Menzel <kenm@icarz.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.11-STABLE/PAE Message-ID: <42540961.4030204@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <0c2a01c53abd$d9556750$8adb7bd1@icarz.com> References: <e5049e166f2132aacbc1f439966e58b4@segpub.com.au> <0c2a01c53abd$d9556750$8adb7bd1@icarz.com>
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The lack of PAE support for aac in 4.11 is unfortunately correct. It would probably take 1-2 days to backport it, but it hasn't been a high priority so far. Scott Ken Menzel wrote: > from "man aac" BUGS section (near the bottom): > This driver will not work on systems with more than 4GB of memory. > > My comment: > If you want more than 4G with aac controller try FreeBSD 5.3 or 5.4 > > Ken > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Bogan" <jeremy@segpub.com.au> > To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:41 AM > Subject: 4.11-STABLE/PAE > > >> Hiya, >> >> We've recently loaded FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE with PAE support onto one >> of our brand new Dell PowerEdge 2650's. The box has 6GB RAM and with >> PAE support compiled into our kernel can see it all fine. However >> when we start doing disk intensive stuff like compiling, our RAID >> appears to spack out and cause the system to freeze and require a >> reboot. When logging in via console we see: >> >> aac0: COMMAND TIMEOUT AFTER 1540 SECONDS >> >> repeated continuously. >> >> Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz >> (3050.63-MHz 686-class CPU) >> Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 >> Stepping = 9 >> Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: >> Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE >> ,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> >> Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs >> Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: real memory = 6442450944 (6291456K bytes) >> Apr 5 22:10:24 luke1 /kernel: avail memory = 6000644096 (5860004K bytes) >> >> When disabling PAE support everything appears to be perfectly fine, >> but we're only able to address 4GB out of our 6GB. Just wondering if >> anyone else has experienced this or has any insight. >> >> The system is running RAID5 with 4 x 73GB SCSI drives: >> >> Apr 5 22:30:03 luke1 /kernel: aac0: <Dell PERC 3/Di> mem >> 0xf0000000-0xf7ffffff irq 16 at device 8.1 on pci4 >> Apr 5 22:30:03 luke1 /kernel: aac0: i960RX 100MHz, 118MB cache >> memory, optional battery present >> Apr 5 22:30:03 luke1 /kernel: aac0: Kernel 2.8-0, Build 6092, S/N 64a1d3 >> Apr 5 22:30:03 luke1 /kernel: aac0: Supported >> Options=275c<WCACHE,DATA64,HOSTTIME,WINDOW4GB,SOFTERR,NORECOND,SGMAP64> >> >> Thanks :) >> >> -- >> jeremy bogan [ jeremy@segpub.com.au ] >> segment publishing - design.develop.host >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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