Re: Problem with IBM xSeries 226 with ServeRAID 6i+ using FreeBSD 5.3

From: J. Buck Caldwell (freebsd_at_bitparts.org)
Date: 03/30/05

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    Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:14:00 -0600
To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>

    Scott Long wrote:

    > J. Buck Caldwell wrote:
    >
    >> Scott Long wrote:
    >>
    >>> J. Buck Caldwell wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> Any help would be appreciated. Requests for more detail will be
    >>>> answered promptly.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> It sounds very much like an interrupt routing problem. Have you
    >>> tried the 5.4-BETA CD?
    >>>
    >>> Scott
    >>>
    >> No help. Booting normally brings me to the same point - "ips0:
    >> resetting adapter, make take 5 minutes" - then nothing. System just
    >> hangs. Also, after that point, hitting the power button will not
    >> power-off the machine (of course, holding it in will). Anytime before
    >> that point, hitting the power button will turn the power off instantly.
    >
    >
    > One more test, would you mind trying the 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002 snapshot?
    > If that works then that gives us a target to shoot for with 5.4.
    >
    > Scott
    >
    Well, some excellent news - 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002 works perfectly. Or at
    least, it boots - I'm doing an install now, but I wanted to let you know
    right away.

    Anything we could do to get this system running properly under 5.4, let
    me know - because we're paying lease payments two servers that we can't
    use at the moment, until we can boot FreeBSD on them. (damn IBM and
    thier end-of-life cycles....)
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