FreeBSD 4.10 -STABLE freezes upon reboot.
I have FreeBSD 4.10 -STABLE fully hang on the first and subsequent
reboot after a default install on a HP Netserver E60 (dual processor
ready but with a single PIII 550), with a HP NetRAID SCSI Controller
(/dev/amrd). This happens with the GENERIC kernel.
It has been working fine for the nearly four years with 4.3 through
4.10! I'm stunned!
latest lines from the boot sequence:
avail memory = 320806912 (313288K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc051d000.
Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc051da08.
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
md0: Malloc disk
Using $PIR table, 11 entries at 0xc00fdf10
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> mem 0-0xfffffff at
device 0.0 on pci0
after that, the machine is frozen and has to be cold reset.
So I have tried to reinstall 4.8, 4.9, 5.2.1 -RELEASE just to see the
difference.
The corresponding lines from 5.2.1 -RELEASE:
pcib0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
pci1: <ATI Mach64-GZ graphics accelerator> at 0.0
..... everything normal after that
The corresponding lines from 5.2.1 -RELEASE with verbose logging...
Allocating GATT For Aperture Of Size 256mb
Even PCI- instead of AGP it placed, cut down UDMA option and
disable PnP options in BIOS,
the problem encounter again.
I have also thought that the problem is more likely to be whatever is
supposed to be probed *after* the agp, but that memory range is
definitely bogus.
Is the FAQ below still true?
" The problem is that the ATI Mach 64 uses address 2e8, and the fourth
serial port does too. Due to a bug (feature?) in the sio.c driver it will
touch this port even if you don`t have the fourth serial port, and even if
you disable sio3 (the fourth port) which normally uses this address.
7.9. What`s the solution or workaround for this problem?
Until the bug has been fixed, you can use this workaround:
1. Enter -c at the bootprompt.
[the kernel goes into configuration mode]
2. Disable sio0, sio1, sio2 and sio3 (all of them).
This way the sio driver doesn`t get activated -> no problems.
3. Type exit to continue booting.
7.10. The workaround works fine, but now I want to use my serial ports.
You`ll have to build a new kernel with the following modification: in
/usr/src/sys/i386/isa/sio.c find the one occurrence of the string
0x2e8 and remove that string and the preceding comma (keep the
trailing comma). Now follow the normal procedure of building a new
kernel.
7.11. Now everything runs great, except for X Window: my screen goed
black or X Window runs but with all kinds of problems. Some newer ATI
Mach 64 video cards (notably ATI Mach Xpression) do not run with the
current version of XFree86. You can get a beta-version of
a new X-server that works better, by looking at the XFree86 site
<URL:http://www.xfree86.org> and following the links to the new beta
release. Get the following files:..."
help greatly appreciated!
chinsan(former ID is called "Amsterdam")
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