On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 07:04:56AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 08:24:29AM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote: > > > 1) It would be helpful to know if you installed i386 or amd64 FreeBSD, > > > > This is amd64 on this particular machine. > > > > > 2) With regards to the lock-up after "mount root", if you press NumLock > > > or CapsLock, do the keyboard LEDs turn on/off? > > > > Nope, no keys do anything. You must either push reset or pull the plug. > > Is it possible to get the output when booting in verbose mode? If not, > what are the last few lines before the machine locks up when booting > verbosely?
Yep, just did that. The last things printed right before hang are: ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 1 to local APIC 0 ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 4 to local APIC 1 ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 6 to local APIC 2 ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 7 to local APIC 0 ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 9 to local APIC 1 ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 12 to local APIC 2 ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 14 to local APIC 0 ioapic0: Assigning ISA PCI 16 to local APIC 1 ioapic0: Assigning ISA PCI 17 to local APIC 2 ioapic0: Assigning ISA PCI 18 to local APIC 0 ioapic0: Assigning ISA PCI 19 to local APIC 1 ioapic0: Assigning ISA PCI 22 to local APIC 2 trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a start_init: trying /sbin/init [hung at this point] > > > > 3) Many others have seen the hanging/lock-up after "mount root". I > > > believe one found a workaround by setting ATA_STATIC_ID in their kernel > > > configuration. I realise this is a problem when you can't get the > > > system up to a point of building a kernel; chicken-and-egg problem, > > > > Well, I can build a kernel if I run the 7.0-release kernel. That's how I > > got to 7-stable on the machine in the first place. I used "sneaker net" > > to copy it to this one via a CD (as I mentioned, the 7.0 kernel boots > > but the Realtek ethernet device is not recognized). > > So the problem is that 7.0-RELEASE works fine for you, but after > upgrading your RELENG_7 source (to what is now 7.1-BETA), the machine > hangs after printing the mount root message. Is this correct? Yes, that is pretty much it. The Realtek ethernet isn't working in in 7.0-RELEASE either, but I'm guessing that that is a different (and less serious) problem related to changes in that device. > > Here's another question: does booting into single-user exhibit the same > problem as multi-user? It looks like when I try a single-user mode (and verbose) boot the only difference is that the las line shown above (the start_init line) isn't printed. Otherwise, the hang is the same. > > > > 4) The Realtek NIC on that motherboard is probably too new to be > > > supported under RELENG_7. Realtek has a history of releasing different > > > sub-revisions of the same NIC/PHY, and the internal changes are severe > > > enough to cause the NIC to not work correctly (under any OS) without > > > full driver support for that specific sub-revision. > > > > That's what I suspected. The values displayed when doing a "pciconf -lv" > > are similar as for this system I'm using to type this, but now that > > I look closer and make a direct comparison, the failing device has a > > rev=0x02 vs. rev=0x01 for the working one. The pciconf -lv output for > > the failing mb is: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0xe0001458 chip=0x816810ec > > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > > device = 'RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC' > > class = network > > subclass = ethernet > > Regarding the Realtek issue: I've CC'd PYUN Yong-Hyeon (surname in > caps), who maintains the re(4) driver for FreeBSD. He might have a > patch available for you to try, or help determine how to get this NIC > working on FreeBSD. He'll probably need more than just pciconf -lv > output, but should be able to work with you. Ok, that'd be great. I must say that I'm close to simply returning this MB and going with something not quite so new that is more likely to work. I was hoping to get this system up and running this weekend. :( Thanks, Bob > > Thanks! > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | -- Bob Willcox All the evidence concerning the universe [EMAIL PROTECTED] has not yet been collected, so there's still hope. Austin, TX _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
