Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread Fabian Wenk
Hello Jeremy On 13.10.08 16:24, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: Two items which are missed (sort of implied though): motherboard BIOS version, and SCSI card BIOS version. Ok, for my system this would be: BIOS Information Vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Version: V1.06 Release

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 04:10:31PM +0200, Fabian Wenk wrote: > Hello João > > On 13.10.08 13:43, JoaoBR wrote: >> On Sunday 12 October 2008 06:57:11 Gary Jennejohn wrote: >>> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:51:18 +0200 >>> >>> Fabian Wenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > I do have a system with FreeBSD/am

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread Fabian Wenk
Hello João On 13.10.08 13:43, JoaoBR wrote: On Sunday 12 October 2008 06:57:11 Gary Jennejohn wrote: On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:51:18 +0200 Fabian Wenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do have a system with FreeBSD/amd64 6.3-RELEASE with 4 GB RAM > and an Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI adapter (ahc)

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 07:39:44AM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > JoaoBR wrote: >> On Sunday 12 October 2008 14:10:36 Scott Long wrote: >> > I am using some LSI (mpt driver) ultra4 (U320 scsi) and LSI SAS > controllers in FreeBSD 7.x amd64 with 20G of ram, and Adaptec (aac > driver) with a

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread Scott Long
JoaoBR wrote: On Sunday 12 October 2008 14:10:36 Scott Long wrote: I am using some LSI (mpt driver) ultra4 (U320 scsi) and LSI SAS controllers in FreeBSD 7.x amd64 with 20G of ram, and Adaptec (aac driver) with a 5th generation RAID card with 8G of ram, both have no such corruption problems. P

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread JoaoBR
On Monday 13 October 2008 10:50:54 Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:35:10 -0200 > > JoaoBR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 11 October 2008 07:13:16 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > It's a driver problem. If you want to use SCSI then you'll have to > > > limit memory to 3.5 GB.

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread Tom Evans
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 09:37 -0200, JoaoBR wrote: > On Saturday 11 October 2008 13:26:29 Adam McDougall wrote: > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:29PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > >> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:13:16 -0700 > > >> > > >> Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:35:10 -0200 JoaoBR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 11 October 2008 07:13:16 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > It's a driver problem. If you want to use SCSI then you'll have to limit > > memory to 3.5 GB. > I probably should have written - it seems to be a problem with

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread JoaoBR
On Sunday 12 October 2008 14:10:36 Scott Long wrote: > >> I am using some LSI (mpt driver) ultra4 (U320 scsi) and LSI SAS > >> controllers in FreeBSD 7.x amd64 with 20G of ram, and Adaptec (aac > >> driver) with a 5th generation RAID card with 8G of ram, both have no > >> such corruption problems.

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread JoaoBR
On Sunday 12 October 2008 06:57:11 Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:51:18 +0200 > > Fabian Wenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Jeremy > > > > On 11.10.08 18:52, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > Could the problem be specific to certain firmware revisions on the > > > cards? > > > > S

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 11 October 2008 13:52:50 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:26:29PM -0400, Adam McDougall wrote: > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:29PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > >>> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:13:16 -0700 > >>> > >>> Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 11 October 2008 13:26:29 Adam McDougall wrote: > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:29PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > >> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:13:16 -0700 > >> > >> Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Gary J

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-13 Thread JoaoBR
On Saturday 11 October 2008 07:13:16 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:29:37 -0300 > > > > JoaoBR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I tried MBs as Asus, Abit and Gigabyte all same result > > > > > > Same hardware with

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-12 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 07:38:58AM +0200, David Peall wrote: > > aac(4) - not affected > > aha(4) - unknown > > ahb(4) - unknown > > ahc(4) - affected > > ahd(4) - unknown; no one answered the OP's question in the thread > > asr(4) - unknown > > ips(4) - unknown > > mpt(4) - not affected > > mfi(4)

RE: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-12 Thread David Peall
lto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy Chadwick > Sent: 11 October 2008 06:53 PM > To: Adam McDougall > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:26:29PM -0400, Ad

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-12 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:32:13 +0100 Pete French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry for not responding back in Jan. I have a hard time recommending > > the 29320/39320 cards because of the long history they have with > > incompatibilities with certain U320 drives. I don't think that the > > Out

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-12 Thread Pete French
> Sorry for not responding back in Jan. I have a hard time recommending > the 29320/39320 cards because of the long history they have with > incompatibilities with certain U320 drives. I don't think that the Out of interest, what cards would you recommend ? I have just started running 4 drives o

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-12 Thread Scott Long
Gary Jennejohn wrote: On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:52:50 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [big snip] Is your LSI SAS controller driven by mpt(4) or mfi(4)? Let's break down what we know for sure at this point: aac(4) - not affected aha(4) - unknown ahb(4) - unknown ahc(4) - affected

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-12 Thread Scott Long
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:26:29PM -0400, Adam McDougall wrote: Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:29PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:13:16 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:30:57AM +0200

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-12 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:52:50 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [big snip] > Is your LSI SAS controller driven by mpt(4) or mfi(4)? > > Let's break down what we know for sure at this point: > > aac(4) - not affected > aha(4) - unknown > ahb(4) - unknown > ahc(4) - affected > ahd(4)

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-12 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:51:18 +0200 Fabian Wenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Jeremy > > On 11.10.08 18:52, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > Could the problem be specific to certain firmware revisions on the > > cards? > > Some other idea, which versions of FreeBSD/amd64 are affected? > Only 8-CU

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-11 Thread Fabian Wenk
Hello Jeremy On 11.10.08 18:52, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: Could the problem be specific to certain firmware revisions on the cards? Some other idea, which versions of FreeBSD/amd64 are affected? Only 8-CURRENT, or also 6.x- and/or 7.x-RELEASE? As far as I have seen from the reports, it does on

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-11 Thread Adam McDougall
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:26:29PM -0400, Adam McDougall wrote: Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:29PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:13:16 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:30:57AM +0200

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-11 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:26:29PM -0400, Adam McDougall wrote: > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:29PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: >>> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:13:16 -0700 >>> Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Gary J

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-11 Thread Adam McDougall
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:29PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:13:16 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:29:37 -0300 JoaoBR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-11 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:08:00 +0200 (CEST) Jean-Marc Zucconi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gary Jennejohn writes: > > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:29:37 -0300 > > JoaoBR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I tried MBs as Asus, Abit and Gigabyte all same result > >> > >> Same hardware with SA

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-11 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:29PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:13:16 -0700 > Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:29:37 -0300 > > > JoaoBR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-11 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:13:16 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:29:37 -0300 > > JoaoBR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I tried MBs as Asus, Abit and Gigabyte all same result > > > > >

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-11 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:29:37 -0300 > JoaoBR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I tried MBs as Asus, Abit and Gigabyte all same result > > > > Same hardware with SATA works perfect > > > > Same hardware with scsi up to 3.5Gigs instal

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-11 Thread Jean-Marc Zucconi
> Gary Jennejohn writes: > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:29:37 -0300 > JoaoBR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I tried MBs as Asus, Abit and Gigabyte all same result >> >> Same hardware with SATA works perfect >> >> Same hardware with scsi up to 3.5Gigs installed works perfect >> >> what ca

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-11 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:29:37 -0300 JoaoBR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried MBs as Asus, Abit and Gigabyte all same result > > Same hardware with SATA works perfect > > Same hardware with scsi up to 3.5Gigs installed works perfect > > what calls my attention that all this MBs do not have the

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-10 Thread JoaoBR
On Friday 10 October 2008 07:43:07 Dieter wrote: > > I get a problem on several am2 motherboards when an SCSI Adaptor (LSI > > or=20 Adaptec) is installed and with 4Gigs of Ram > > > > the problem is easy to repeat, after some minutes compiling world the > > machi= ne=20 > > crashes, sometimes a pa

Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-10 Thread Dieter
> I get a problem on several am2 motherboards when an SCSI Adaptor (LSI or=20 > Adaptec) is installed and with 4Gigs of Ram > > the problem is easy to repeat, after some minutes compiling world the machi= > ne=20 > crashes, sometimes a panic mmap ffs crossrefeerence or something, passes to= > o=20

am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition

2008-10-10 Thread JoaoBR
I get a problem on several am2 motherboards when an SCSI Adaptor (LSI or Adaptec) is installed and with 4Gigs of Ram the problem is easy to repeat, after some minutes compiling world the machine crashes, sometimes a panic mmap ffs crossrefeerence or something, passes too fast to look an when t