These are new boxes.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5015/SYS-5015B-MT.cfm
core 2 Q6600 CPU
8Gb 667 RAM
Boxes were memtested from Fri-Mon okay. 6.3-RELEASE (amd64) installs fine.
Build cycle okay. Running (no load) for a week or so.
However, when I try to configure gmirror they hang on boot.
After some fiddling it appears issuing
#kldload geom_mirror
hangs the boxes very hard. Ping response stops (after 3), no CAD response,
CDROM draw doesn't open!
This may well be a foolish thing to do but another (different) amd64 box
doesn't hang. I don't believe this to be amd64 specific, I suspect that
there's something strange about this hardware.
There are very many BIOS options and I feel like I've tried them all without
getting anywhere.
I'm "on holiday" this week and I've borrowed a box to test.
Any suggestions
would be welcome. I'll (re)try anything but I need help to stay focused.
Before you ask, no I cannot try 7.0-RELEASE, but that's a whole other thread
(which may bear fruit more quickly).
I already dropped the RAM to 2Gb and disabled the memory remap in the BIOS.
dmesg after sig [AHCI disabled, SATA legacy mode]
Thanks
--
ian j hart
%dmesg
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FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 16 01:43:02 UTC 2008
root@palmer.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP
ACPI APIC Table: <PTLTD APIC >
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (2394.02-MHz K8-class
CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6fb Stepping = 11
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0xe3bd<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM>
AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
Cores per package: 4
real memory = 2145845248 (2046 MB)
avail memory = 2059509760 (1964 MB)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1
cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 2
cpu3 (AP): APIC ID: 3
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 24-47 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Jan 16 2008 01:41:13)
acpi0: <PTLTD XSDT> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci1
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x1820-0x183f irq 16 at device
26.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x1840-0x185f irq 17 at device
26.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x1860-0x187f irq 18 at device
26.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xd8601000-0xd86013ff irq
18 at
device 26.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb3: EHCI version 1.0
usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
usb3: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb3: USB revision 2.0
uhub3: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0
pci13: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.7.2> port
0x2000-0x201f
mem 0xd8000000-0xd801ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci13
em0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:64:22:fa
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 17 at device 28.5 on pci0
pci15: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.7.2> port
0x3000-0x301f
mem 0xd8200000-0xd821ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci15
em1: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:64:22:fb
uhci3: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x1880-0x189f irq 23 at device
29.0 on pci0
uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb4: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci3
usb4: USB revision 1.0
uhub4: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci4: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x18a0-0x18bf irq 22 at device
29.1 on pci0
uhci4: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb5: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci4
usb5: USB revision 1.0
uhub5: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub5: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci5: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x18c0-0x18df irq 18 at device
29.2 on pci0
uhci5: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb6: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci5
usb6: USB revision 1.0
uhub6: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub6: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci1: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xd8601400-0xd86017ff irq
23 at
device 29.7 on pci0
ehci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb7: EHCI version 1.0
usb7: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb4 usb5 usb6
usb7: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci1
usb7: USB revision 2.0
uhub7: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub7: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci17: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
pci17: <display, VGA> at device 3.0 (no driver attached)
atapci0: <ITE ATA controller> port
0x4420-0x4427,0x4414-0x4417,0x4418-0x441f,0x4410-0x4413,0x4400-0x440f irq 23
at device 4.0 on pci17
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci1: <Intel ICH9 SATA300 controller> port
0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x1c10-0x1c1f,0x1c00-0x1c0f at device
31.2 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
atapci2: <Intel ICH9 SATA300 controller> port
0x1c68-0x1c6f,0x1c5c-0x1c5f,0x1c60-0x1c67,0x1c58-0x1c5b,0x1c30-0x1c3f,0x1c20-0x1c2f
irq 18 at device 31.5 on pci0
ata4: <ATA channel 0> on atapci2
ata5: <ATA channel 1> on atapci2
pci0: <dasp> at device 31.6 (no driver attached)
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model VersaPad, device ID 0
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on
acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on
acpi0
fdc0: [FAST]
ppc0: <ECP parallel printer port> port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77f irq 7 drq 3
on
acpi0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcafff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
hptrr: no controller detected.
ad0: 305245MB <Seagate ST3320620AS 3.AAC> at ata0-master SATA300
acd0: DVDROM <DVD-ROM UJDA780/1.50> at ata2-slave UDMA33
SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a