Re: Any 4.10 installation on asus pundit ?
Hi, Robert Downes a écrit : Bernard Dugas wrote: Thanks very much, Robert, it was the udma option : but this is quite inefficient if I can't use UDMA with FreeBSD ? FreeBSD will drop down to PIO mode, probably mode 4. According to Scott Mueller's book, PIO mode 4 offers up to 16.67 MB/sec, whereas UDMA can offer up to 100 or 133 MB/sec. So, yes, less efficient (but also a bit quieter in my experience). And the cpu load should increase, no ? Have you been able to switch the data cable for a know good cable? That solved the problem for me. I've tried a brand new one, but no difference... Best regards, -- __ Bernard DUGAS | | | Technoparc Pays de Gex mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | 30 Rue Auguste Piccard Tel.: +33 615 333 770 | | FR 01630 St Genis Pouilly Fax : +33 450 205 106 | |_| ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any 4.10 installation on asus pundit ?
Hi, Phil Schulz a écrit : I didn't see the beginning of the thread. http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-questions/2004-June/049482.html But I had a similar problem on my desktop machine using (I think) 4.9-Release. It started when I had to change the motherboard. The new one came w/ an SiS chipset that wasn't supported by FreeBSD. I solved the problem by adding a line to /sys/dev/ata/ata-dma.c. It worked for a few weeks w/o any problems until I switched to RELENG_5_2 for various other reasons. You might want to post what chipset your mainboard uses. http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=Punditlangs=01 - Chipset SIS 651/962 - Lan Broadcom BCM4401 The freeBSD 4.10 ata0 seems not to work properly with the native udma 6 of the pundit. Forcing dma disabled in the bios for the disk prevents the ad0 : read command timeout ata0 resetting devices blocking. But no more DMA is not ideal for a server... I've tried a new ide cable, and a new drive, without effect. In addition, I can't find the bfe0 network driver for the Broadcom BCM4401 in the kernel configuration, but the 4.10 release notes told the bfe should be in. Any hints ? Thanks a lot, best regards, -- __ Bernard DUGAS | | | Technoparc Pays de Gex mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | 30 Rue Auguste Piccard Tel.: +33 615 333 770 | | FR 01630 St Genis Pouilly Fax : +33 450 205 106 | |_| ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any 4.10 installation on asus pundit ?
my desktop machine using (I think) 4.9-Release. It started when I had to change the motherboard. The new one came w/ an SiS chipset that wasn't supported by FreeBSD. I solved the problem by adding a line to /sys/dev/ata/ata-dma.c. It worked for a few weeks w/o any problems until I switched to RELENG_5_2 for various other reasons. You might want to post what chipset your mainboard uses. http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=Punditlangs=01 - Chipset SIS 651/962 - Lan Broadcom BCM4401 Try to apply the attached patch to /sys/dev/ata/ata-dma.c Neither do I have a mainboard w/ the same chipset as yours nor do I have any PC running RELENG_4 atm. But I had to apply sth similar to make my SiS-746(?)-based mainboard work under RELENG_4. I'm not a developer so I don't know if it's a good and clean solution but it worked for me back then. In addition, I can't find the bfe0 network driver for the Broadcom BCM4401 in the kernel configuration, but the 4.10 release notes told the bfe should be in. From bfe(4): The bfe device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.1. --- ata-dma.c.old Sun Jun 20 19:30:10 2004 +++ ata-dma.c Sun Jun 20 19:23:41 2004 @@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ ata_find_dev(parent, 0x06401039, 0) || /* SiS 640 */ ata_find_dev(parent, 0x06451039, 0) || /* SiS 645 */ ata_find_dev(parent, 0x06501039, 0) || /* SiS 650 */ + ata_find_dev(parent, 0x06511039, 0) || /* SiS 651 */ ata_find_dev(parent, 0x07301039, 0) || /* SiS 730 */ ata_find_dev(parent, 0x07331039, 0) || /* SiS 733 */ ata_find_dev(parent, 0x07351039, 0) || /* SiS 735 */ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any 4.10 installation on asus pundit ?
Phil Schulz a écrit : http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=Punditlangs=01 - Chipset SIS 651/962 - Lan Broadcom BCM4401 Try to apply the attached patch to /sys/dev/ata/ata-dma.c Neither do I have a mainboard w/ the same chipset as yours nor do I have any PC running RELENG_4 atm. But I had to apply sth similar to make my SiS-746(?)-based mainboard work under RELENG_4. I'm not a developer so I don't know if it's a good and clean solution but it worked for me back then. Thanks a lot, the content of this patch seems well targeted. The problem is I'm not a system developper either, and I only had the iso images for installation, so I will have to find a way to apply the patch. In addition, I can't find the bfe0 network driver for the Broadcom BCM4401 in the kernel configuration, but the 4.10 release notes told the bfe should be in. From bfe(4): The bfe device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.1. Yes, but in http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.10R/errata.html : (27 May 2004) The bfe(4) driver for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters has been added but the release notes did not mention that. I've reported a bug on that problems : http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=68149 Thanks a lot, -- __ Bernard DUGAS | | | Technoparc Pays de Gex mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | 30 Rue Auguste Piccard Tel.: +33 615 333 770 | | FR 01630 St Genis Pouilly Fax : +33 450 205 106 | |_| ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any 4.10 installation on asus pundit ?
The problem is I'm not a system developper either, and I only had the iso images for installation, so I will have to find a way to apply the patch. You'll need the kernel sources installed. Then apply the patch and then re-compile the kernel. Basically you just need to add on line of code in the right place. If you have got the sources from CD and not updated them you will not need to rebuild the userland. Check the handbook for details (chapter 9). In addition, I can't find the bfe0 network driver for the Broadcom BCM4401 in the kernel configuration, but the 4.10 release notes told the bfe should be in. From bfe(4): The bfe device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.1. Actually I forgot that 5.1 was released before 4.10 - my mistake. Indeed the driver seems to have been ported back to the 4-Stable branch. Yes, but in http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.10R/errata.html : (27 May 2004) The bfe(4) driver for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters has been added but the release notes did not mention that. I think you just need to add a line that reads device bfe to your kernel config file and the rebuild the kernel. Phil. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any 4.10 installation on asus pundit ?
Hi, Robert Downes a écrit : [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried to install the last freebds4.10 on an ASUS PUNDIT, from the iso images downloaded from the freeBSD website. But it can't install. It stops on a : ata0 : resetting devices I had that problem. I disabled UDMA (Ultra DMA) in the BIOS, and the problem was overcome. However, it ultimately turned out to be a bad data cable to the hard drive, so see if you've got a good spare lying around to give that a try. (I got some serious errors in 5.2.1 trying to use the bad cable). Thanks very much, Robert, it was the udma option : but this is quite inefficient if I can't use UDMA with FreeBSD ? Best regards, -- __ Bernard DUGAS | | | Technoparc Pays de Gex mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | 30 Rue Auguste Piccard Tel.: +33 615 333 770 | | FR 01630 St Genis Pouilly Fax : +33 450 205 106 | |_| ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any 4.10 installation on asus pundit ?
Bernard Dugas wrote: Hi, Robert Downes a écrit : [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried to install the last freebds4.10 on an ASUS PUNDIT, from the iso images downloaded from the freeBSD website. But it can't install. It stops on a : ata0 : resetting devices I had that problem. I disabled UDMA (Ultra DMA) in the BIOS, and the problem was overcome. However, it ultimately turned out to be a bad data cable to the hard drive, so see if you've got a good spare lying around to give that a try. (I got some serious errors in 5.2.1 trying to use the bad cable). Thanks very much, Robert, it was the udma option : but this is quite inefficient if I can't use UDMA with FreeBSD ? Best regards, I didn't see the beginning of the thread. But I had a similar problem on my desktop machine using (I think) 4.9-Release. It started when I had to change the motherboard. The new one came w/ an SiS chipset that wasn't supported by FreeBSD. I solved the problem by adding a line to /sys/dev/ata/ata-dma.c. It worked for a few weeks w/o any problems until I switched to RELENG_5_2 for various other reasons. You might want to post what chipset your mainboard uses. Phil. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any 4.10 installation on asus pundit ?
Bernard Dugas wrote: Thanks very much, Robert, it was the udma option : but this is quite inefficient if I can't use UDMA with FreeBSD ? FreeBSD will drop down to PIO mode, probably mode 4. According to Scott Mueller's book, PIO mode 4 offers up to 16.67 MB/sec, whereas UDMA can offer up to 100 or 133 MB/sec. So, yes, less efficient (but also a bit quieter in my experience). Have you been able to switch the data cable for a know good cable? That solved the problem for me. -- Bob ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any 4.10 installation on asus pundit ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've tried to install the last freebds4.10 on an ASUS PUNDIT, from the iso images downloaded from the freeBSD website. But it can't install. It stops on a : ata0 : resetting devices I had that problem. I disabled UDMA (Ultra DMA) in the BIOS, and the problem was overcome. However, it ultimately turned out to be a bad data cable to the hard drive, so see if you've got a good spare lying around to give that a try. (I got some serious errors in 5.2.1 trying to use the bad cable). -- Bob ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
