7.0 BETA4 unstable on MSI AM2 motherboard
Morten Strårup
morten at lightworkings.dk
Tue Dec 25 08:16:05 PST 2007
Travis Mikalson wrote:
> Morten Strårup wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I thought I would write here before I made a problem report.
>>
>> I've been running 7.0-current since april or so without any
>> significant trouble but now I've run into quite a showstopper.
>>
>> Until now the hardware used has been a Via C7 1,2 GHz mini-itx system
>> with 1 GB of RAM. But I've now bought some new hardware for use as a
>> fileserver and this new hardware doesn't work very well with 7.0. It
>> consists of an AMD BE2400 cpu, an MSI K9N SLI MCP motherboard with an
>> Nforce 570 SLI chipset and 4 GB of RAM.
>>
>> I've run both memtest86 and merseine prime test to make sure that it
>> isn't the hardware that is faulty. I've tried changing the memory
>> modules but that didn't help.
>>
>> Other operating systems like Ubuntu Linux 7.10, NetBSD 4.0 and
>> Freebsd 6.3 RC1 work just fine, but FreeBSD 7.0 does not. These have
>> all been AMD64 versions. I've also tested 8.0-current which doesn't
>> work either. I've tested the 7.0 and 8.0 installations with both
>> AMD64 and i386 installations and none work.
>>
>> For the AMD64 versions the errors consist of:
>>
>> 1. Errors about wrong fileformat when loading shared libraries.
>> 2. Errors about missing symbol table.
>> 3. Errors about not being able to load /etc/termcap when logging in.
>> 4. Errors about relocations when loading shared libraries.
>> 5. Errors about init making an error and then dumping me to
>> singleuser and then not being able to load sh because of fileformat
>> errors.
>>
>> For the i386 versions the errors start when loading the BTX, where it
>> complains about missing acpi modules and then crashes with a list of
>> what the cpu registers contain.
>>
>> The AMD64 errors sometimes also show up when installing the 7.0-BETA4.
>>
>> Please tell me if you need more information or need me to test
>> something to diagnose the problem.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Morten Strårup
>
> The symptoms sound a bit similar to the HT1000 on-board SATA issues.
>
> I don't suppose you have a PCI SATA controller you could try out? I
> used a cheap Silicon Image 3114 (SiI3114) 32-bit PCI SATA controller
> while the HT1000 SATA problems were being worked out.
>
> A "pciconf -lv" from that system would be helpful if you can manage to
> get it.
>
I've got the system running now with a Silicon Image 3114 controller,
the i386 version boots with no errors and the AMD64 version does as well.
Output of pciconf -lv is pasted below.
none0 at pci0:0:0:0: class=0x050000 card=0x72501462 chip=0x036910de
rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 Memory Controller'
class = memory
subclass = RAM
isab0 at pci0:0:1:0: class=0x060100 card=0x72501462 chip=0x036010de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 LPC Bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-ISA
none1 at pci0:0:1:1: class=0x0c0500 card=0x72501462 chip=0x036810de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 SMBus'
class = serial bus
subclass = SMBus
ohci0 at pci0:0:2:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x72501462 chip=0x036c10de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 USB Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
ehci0 at pci0:0:2:1: class=0x0c0320 card=0x72501462 chip=0x036d10de
rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 USB Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
atapci0 at pci0:0:4:0: class=0x01018a card=0x72501462 chip=0x036e10de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 IDE'
class = mass storage
subclass = ATA
atapci1 at pci0:0:5:0: class=0x010185 card=0x72501462 chip=0x037f10de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 SATA Controller'
class = mass storage
subclass = ATA
atapci2 at pci0:0:5:1: class=0x010185 card=0x72501462 chip=0x037f10de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 SATA Controller'
class = mass storage
subclass = ATA
atapci3 at pci0:0:5:2: class=0x010185 card=0x72501462 chip=0x037f10de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 SATA Controller'
class = mass storage
subclass = ATA
pcib1 at pci0:0:6:0: class=0x060401 card=0x72501462 chip=0x037010de
rev=0xa2 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 PCI bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
none2 at pci0:0:6:1: class=0x040300 card=0x72501462 chip=0x037110de
rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'ADI 1988B 8 Channel High Definition Audio'
class = multimedia
nfe0 at pci0:0:8:0: class=0x068000 card=0x72501462 chip=0x037310de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 Ethernet'
class = bridge
nfe1 at pci0:0:9:0: class=0x068000 card=0x72501462 chip=0x037310de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 Ethernet'
class = bridge
pcib2 at pci0:0:10:0: class=0x060400 card=0x000010de chip=0x037610de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 PCIe bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib3 at pci0:0:11:0: class=0x060400 card=0x000010de chip=0x037410de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 PCIe bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib4 at pci0:0:12:0: class=0x060400 card=0x000010de chip=0x037410de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 PCIe bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib5 at pci0:0:13:0: class=0x060400 card=0x000010de chip=0x037810de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 PCIe bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib6 at pci0:0:14:0: class=0x060400 card=0x000010de chip=0x037510de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 PCIe bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib7 at pci0:0:15:0: class=0x060400 card=0x000010de chip=0x037710de
rev=0xa3 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'Nvidia Corp'
device = 'MCP55 PCIe bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
hostb0 at pci0:0:24:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11001022
rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)'
device = '(K8) Athlon 64/Opteron HyperTransport Technology
Configuration'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb1 at pci0:0:24:1: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11011022
rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)'
device = '(K8) Athlon 64/Opteron Address Map'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb2 at pci0:0:24:2: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11021022
rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)'
device = '(K8) Athlon 64/Opteron DRAM Controller'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
hostb3 at pci0:0:24:3: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11031022
rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)'
device = '(K8) Athlon 64/Opteron Miscellaneous Control'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
atapci4 at pci0:1:0:0: class=0x010400 card=0x71141095 chip=0x31141095
rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Silicon Image Inc (Was: CMD Technology Inc)'
device = 'Sil 3114 SATALink/SATARaid Controller'
class = mass storage
subclass = RAID
vgapci0 at pci0:1:1:0: class=0x030000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x0519102b
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd.'
device = 'MGA-2064W Storm (Millennium board)'
class = display
subclass = VGA
Kind Regards
Morten Strårup
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