On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Ed Dotorg wrote:
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On Tue, 29 May 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to install 7-CURRENT on my desktop, locally instead of
on a virtual machine, and I'm running into an issue where the kernel
almost always panics on boot with my motherboard (ASUS P5N-SLI E), due
to some sort of interrupt assignment / probing issues.
Observations:
1. 7-CURRENT (built) never properly detects the interrupts on the
system.
2. 7-CURRENT (May ISO snapshot) doesn't properly detect my USB
keyboard, but boots and runs sysinstall.
3. 6.2 RELEASE panics if I don't boot FreeBSD up into safe mode,
due to an issue with the ohci driver (I think the error message had
something to deal with device adding / enumeration and not being able
to find a memory / interrupt address).
First off, if I could get some of the command line arguments to
pass to the kernel to emulate safe-mode, that would be much
appreciated. Second off, if anybody has any ideas on how to debug this
issue, I'll go off and try to determine what the cause is. If it's
anything like it was before (clean out /usr/obj, rebuild), I'll be ok.
Otherwise, I'll have to purchase more parts and build another
dedicated FreeBSD system :(..
Thanks,
-Garrett
Sorry for cross-posting so much, but this information is relevant to all
of the mailing lists included.
Ok I solved my problem, to a certain extent.
Basically the ASUS P5N-E SLI motherboard (nVidia chipset) isn't bootable
with FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE without going into SAFE MODE (panics after
ohci_add_done looking for a non-existent memory address, if the USB
controller is enabled in the BIOS with Legacy Mode, i.e. USB Keyboard
compatible), and isn't compatible with FreeBSD 7 at all (kernel can't
map IRQs properly on up-to-date CURRENT and panics in kernel mode during
boot).
Strangely enough the 7-CURRENT snapshot ISOs work, but then again it
doesn't setup the OHCI and USB keyboard stuff properly, and I can't get
any sort of input from my keyboard, obviously.
The ASUS P5B-DLX motherboard (Intel chipset) is compatible with FreeBSD
6.2 and 7 though, without any hacks.
Maybe someone should update some documentation on the release notes page
for supported hardware?
Thanks,
-Garrett
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Greetings,
I've been experiencing a similar problem. I'm installing from a 6.2 Release CD to an
Abit fp-in9 sli board (nvidia nforce mcp51 disk controller and nvidia nforce mcp13
network adapter), 2 gig ddr2 ram, sata 300 disk. The install goes without problems but
after rebooting, the onboard nic is not active. nve0: failed to start NVIDIA
Hardware interface. I add an fxp card, at this point 6.2 release is installed and
functional and the system boots up normally. I can cvsup ports, install ports and even
upgrade xorg with no problems. Although the xorg meta port (x11-drivers) caused me a
little grief. I can also compile a generic or custom kernel and all is ok.
My problem begins when I cvsup to releng_6 and compile a new kernel. My most recent cvsup
is from yesterday 6-4-2007 although I've been fussing with this board since the middle of
May. After make buildworld and make kernel (GENERIC or custom kernel) I reboot and end up
at the mountroot prompt where GEOM tells me that the only device available
to boot from is fd0. But, if I reboot and select Safe Mode the machine comes up without
problems and I can finish the steps to building the new kernel. From then on with each
reboot I must select Safe Mode for the machine to come up. I get the same results whether
my disk drive is a single IDE or a single SATA-300.
It would be nice to get things working with this board. This is my first
nvidia chipset board but it looks as though I'll be looking for one with the
trusty Intel chipset.
Ed
The ASUS P5B DLX MB (Intel chipset) is a lot more compatible with FreeBSD, but
I'm running into more issues with USB and PnP on CURRENT, so I'd be wary before
making another MB purchase anytime soon, and avoid LGA775 chipset ASUS MBs for
the time being until stuff stabilizes..
Then again I'm also running amd64, on CURRENT, so your experiences on STABLE
will no likely be different.
-Garrett
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