Intel X553 and Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F Networking

2020-03-10 Thread Richard Laysell
Hello, For those who are interested, the most recent snapshots contain support for the Intel X553 copper NICs used on the Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F boards. I have tested this on a couple of systems and I am seeing about 940 Mbps with tcpbench(1) using a direct cable connection. I am guessing

Re: Installing OpenBSD on Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F

2019-06-15 Thread Richard Laysell
On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:36:23 +1000 Jonathan Gray wrote: > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 09:02:11AM +0100, Richard Laysell wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I was trying OpenBSD on a Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F which uses an > > Intel Atom CPU (Denverton).

Installing OpenBSD on Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F

2019-06-15 Thread Richard Laysell
Hello, I was trying OpenBSD on a Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F which uses an Intel Atom CPU (Denverton). The board boots but most devices are not detected because ACPI can't be enabled. Does anyone know if this is likely to be supported at some point? Full dmesg is below OpenBSD 6.5

Re: Wireless on ThinkPad T40 - Connects but no data

2018-07-13 Thread Richard Laysell
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:37:27 +0100 Richard Laysell wrote: The solution in the end was to use a spare USB wireless dongle that I had lying around. This was detected as a run(4) device. Everything now works perfectly Thanks to all who responded. Regards, Richard

Wireless on ThinkPad T40 - Connects but no data

2018-07-12 Thread Richard Laysell
Hello, I'm having a problem getting the wireless network to work on a ThinkPad T40. The wireless seems to connect OK, but I can't get any packets through it. The device is ipw0 and it seems to be configured correctly as far as I can see. # cat /etc/hostname.ipw0 nwid anderella24 wpakey

Re: requesting help working around boot failures with supermicro atom board

2015-09-12 Thread Richard Laysell
On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 18:38:23 -0400 (EDT) "dewey.hyl...@gmail.com" wrote: > hi all. i’m having difficulty with this board: > > Supermicro X7SPE-HD-D525 rev1 > > i have several similar systems, each running an older version of > OpenBSD for a few years without incident.

Autoinstall Failing When Trying to Find Sets

2015-06-11 Thread Richard Laysell
Hello, I'm trying to do an autoinstallation of OpenBSD 5.7. The system PXE boots OK and most of the installation works as expected, but the install system is unable to find the installation sets and stops I'm using the bsd.rd from snapshots as this supports the auto partitioning (which works

Re: Autoinstall Failing When Trying to Find Sets (SOLVED)

2015-06-11 Thread Richard Laysell
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:19:39 +0100 Raf Czlonka rczlo...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:58:40AM BST, Richard Laysell wrote: Hi Richard, Can anyone see where I'm going wrong? Not immediately obvious, but you're missing the 'index.txt' file[0]: Note: if you wish

Problems Booting from CD2 of 5.7

2015-05-09 Thread Richard Laysell
Hello, My copy of 5.7 arrived yesterday, but I seem to have problems booting from the second CD (trying to boot an amd64 system) The system will not boot at all - it reports that it can't see a bootable disk. I can boot the same system from the first CD (i386) and this all works OK If I take a