Problems with 4.10 Release and "supported" hardware

[Vinod Kashyap]

Do you see PCI controllers other than 3ware?  Do you
see them (other PCI controllers) if the 3ware controller
is not plugged in?  Does the motherboard BIOS detect
the 3ware controller?  i.e., do you see messages from
the 3ware BIOS at startup?  For how much time did you
wait at the 'Kernel Configuration Menu'?  You might want
to try waiting longer...

One other thing I have observed is that, if there are
any degraded units attached to 3ware, the 3ware BIOS
waits for 30 seconds rather than the usual 5 seconds,
and when this happens, _all_ PCI controllers are seen!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Soule [mailto:jsoule at webcrossing.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 12:47 PM
> To: Vinod Kashyap
> Cc: freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Problems with 4.10 Release and "supported" hardware
> 
> 
> That used to work, but not anymore.  I have four other 
> servers with the 
> same configuration that I successfully installed 4.10 on by waiting 
> before hitting enter at the kernel configuration screen. :-(
> 
> 
> On Feb 11, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Vinod Kashyap wrote:
> 
> >
> > I have seen this problem when trying to install 4.10 on a SuperMicro
> > motherboard.  It was not just the 3ware controller that was not
> > getting detected, no other PCI controller would get detected either.
> > This was irrespective of whether the 3ware controller was plugged in
> > or not.  Do you see other PCI controllers (pci0, pci1 
> etc.)in the boot
> > messages?
> >
> > The work around I found for this was to not hit 'Enter' immediately
> > after the 'Kernel Configuration Menu' shows up.  Wait on that menu
> > for about 20 seconds, and then continue.  You should be able to see
> > the controller and its attached devices.
> >
> 
>