i386/86880: [hang] 6.0 hangs or reboots whilst 5.4 is stable
(ASUS-A7NX motherboard with nforce2 chipset)
Chris
chrcoluk at gmail.com
Thu Feb 9 22:10:12 PST 2006
The following reply was made to PR i386/86880; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Chris <chrcoluk at gmail.com>
To: "Mars G. Miro" <marsgmiro at gmail.com>
Cc: Geoffroy Desvernay <dgeo at dgeos.net>, freebsd-stable at freebsd.org,
bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: i386/86880: [hang] 6.0 hangs or reboots whilst 5.4 is stable (ASUS-A7NX motherboard with nforce2 chipset)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:09:18 +0000
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On 09/02/06, Mars G. Miro <marsgmiro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/9/06, Geoffroy Desvernay <dgeo at dgeos.net> wrote:
> > Quoting "Mars G. Miro" <marsgmiro at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > On 2/8/06, Geoffroy Desvernay <dgeo at dgeos.net> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >>>I've got the same problem with an A7N8X-X (athlon 2000+)
> motherboard
> > and
> > >> >>>6-STABLE (Build Feb, 2 2006).
> > >> >>>booting with kernel.debug says nothing, seems to be hardware hang
> but
> > >> >>>doesn't happend with linux nor OpenBSD. Didn't tried 5.3 yet.
> > >> >>>Hang after detection of ATA devices (floppy's light turns on, the=
n
> > hang)
> > >> >
> > >> > I've experienced this myself. Happens w/ nForce-based mobos and
> > >> > certain shuttles. My fix has to always set the BIOS setting of the
> HD
> > >> > to LBA instead of Auto or CHS.
> > >> >
> > >> > Try this and report back ;-)
> > >> >
> > >> Tried this unsuccessfully, but fixing cpu freq to 100Mhz (instead of
> > >> 133Mhz) seems to work...
> > >>
> > >> I've read something about disabling firewire in the bios, but I have
> it
> > >> on a separate card (not in the MB), and I can't remove it for the
> > moment...
> > >>
> > >
> > > Also try disabling APIC (not ACPI) as I've encountered several mobos
> > > that have this implemented poorly w/c results in weird behaviors of
> > > the OS.
> > >
> > >> I'm not kernel developper, but I may try patches or ?
> > >>
> > >
> > > I'm not aware of any patches but I think this is just a hardware
> > > config problem tho YMMV.
> > >
> > Working at 133Mhz with hint.apic.0.disabled=3D"1" in looader.conf.
> >
> > Thanks for that :)
> >
>
> Actually, I was referring to disabling APIC in the BIOS, not in
> FreeBSD. But I'm glad that it works ;-)
>
> > I saw at http://acpi.sf.net/dsdt/view.php?id=3D233 that a dsdt specific
> > for this board is available... (not fixing all), could this fix
> > anything in my case ? I think I'll give a try on of these days...
> >
>
> That I have no clue ;-)
>
>
> > Geoffroy
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> cheers
> mars
> _______________________________________________
I noticed a few times now disabling acpi in 6.0 fixes some problems, but on
the same hardware acpi will work on 5.4 is this to do with i386 support bee=
n
removed or are there other acpi changes under the hood?
Chris
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<br><br>
<div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 09/02/06, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername"=
>Mars G. Miro</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:marsgmiro at gmail.com">marsgmiro at gmai=
l.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On 2/9/06, Geoffroy Desvernay &l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:dgeo at dgeos.net">dgeo at dgeos.net</a>> wrote:<br>> Q=
uoting "Mars G. Miro" <
<a href=3D"mailto:marsgmiro at gmail.com">marsgmiro at gmail.com</a>>:<br>>=
<br>> > On 2/8/06, Geoffroy Desvernay <<a href=3D"mailto:dgeo at dgeo=
s.net">dgeo at dgeos.net</a>> wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> >=
>>I've got the same problem with an A7N8X-X (athlon 2000+) motherboar=
d
<br>> and<br>> >> >>>6-STABLE (Build Feb, 2 2006).<br>=
> >> >>>booting with kernel.debug says nothing, seems to =
be hardware hang but<br>> >> >>>doesn't happend with linu=
x nor OpenBSD. Didn't tried=20
5.3 yet.<br>> >> >>>Hang after detection of ATA devices (=
floppy's light turns on, then<br>> hang)<br>> >> ><br>> &=
gt;> > I've experienced this myself. Happens w/ nForce-based mobos an=
d
<br>> >> > certain shuttles. My fix has to always set the BIOS =
setting of the HD<br>> >> > to LBA instead of Auto or CHS.<br>&=
gt; >> ><br>> >> > Try this and report back ;-)<br>
> >> ><br>> >> Tried this unsuccessfully, but fixing c=
pu freq to 100Mhz (instead of<br>> >> 133Mhz) seems to work...<br>=
> >><br>> >> I've read something about disabling firewire=
in the bios, but I have it
<br>> >> on a separate card (not in the MB), and I can't remove it=
for the<br>> moment...<br>> >><br>> ><br>> > Also =
try disabling APIC (not ACPI) as I've encountered several mobos<br>> >=
; that have this implemented poorly w/c results in weird behaviors of
<br>> > the OS.<br>> ><br>> >> I'm not kernel developp=
er, but I may try patches or ?<br>> >><br>> ><br>> > I=
'm not aware of any patches but I think this is just a hardware<br>> >=
; config problem tho YMMV.
<br>> ><br>> Working at 133Mhz with hint.apic.0.disabled=3D"1=
" in looader.conf.<br>><br>> Thanks for that :)<br>><br><br>A=
ctually, I was referring to disabling APIC in the BIOS, not in<br>FreeBSD. =
But I'm glad that it works ;-)
<br><br>> I saw at <a href=3D"http://acpi.sf.net/dsdt/view.php?id=3D233"=
>http://acpi.sf.net/dsdt/view.php?id=3D233</a> that a dsdt specific<br>>=
for this board is available... (not fixing all), could this fix<br>> an=
ything in my case ? I think I'll give a try on of these days...
<br>><br><br>That I have no clue ;-)<br><br><br>> Geoffroy<br>><br=
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------<br>&=
gt; This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.<br>
><br>><br>><br><br><br>cheers<br>mars<br>_________________________=
______________________</blockquote>
<div> </div>
<div>I noticed a few times now disabling acpi in 6.0 fixes some problems, b=
ut on the same hardware acpi will work on 5.4 is this to do with i386 suppo=
rt been removed or are there other acpi changes under the hood?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Chris</div><br> </div>
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