ProLiant DL385 (G1) hangs on boot w > 4GB RAM

[Doug Poland]

On 2010-01-20 20:05, Mark Atkinson wrote:
> On 1/20/2010 3:07 PM, Doug Poland wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've got an HP DL386(G1) with 4GB RAM.  The box boots normally until I
>> added 4GB more of RAM.  In this case the RAM came from another working
>> DL385.  I've tried 6GB and 8GB RAM and both scenarios hangs at the same
>> spot.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
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>> FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Tue Jan 19 12:46:14 CST 2010
>>      root at ararat.polands.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
>> CPU: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 252 (2605.92-MHz K8-class CPU)
>>    Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x20f51  Stepping = 1
>>    Features=0x78bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2>
>>    Features2=0x1<SSE3>
>>    AMD Features=0xe2500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
>> real memory  = 8589934592 (8192 MB)
>> avail memory = 8104611840 (7729 MB)
>> ACPI APIC Table:<HP     00000083>
>> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
>> FreeBSD/SMP: 2 package(s) x 1 core(s)
>>   cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
>>   cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
>> ACPI Warning: Invalid length for Pm1aControlBlock: 32, using default 16 20090521 tbfadt-707
>> ACPI Warning: Invalid length for Pm1bControlBlock: 32, using default 16 20090521 tbfadt-707
>> MADT: Forcing active-low polarity and level trigger for SCI
>> ioapic0<Version 1.1>  irqs 0-23 on motherboard
>> ioapic1<Version 1.1>  irqs 24-27 on motherboard
>> ioapic2<Version 1.1>  irqs 28-31 on motherboard
>> ioapic3<Version 1.1>  irqs 32-35 on motherboard
>> ioapic4<Version 1.1>  irqs 36-39 on motherboard
>> kbd1 at kbdmux0
>> acpi0:<HP A05>  on motherboard
>> acpi0: [ITHREAD]
>> acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
>> Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
>> acpi_timer0:<32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz>  port 0x908-0x90b on acpi0
>> pcib0:<ACPI Host-PCI bridge>  on acpi0
>> pci0:<ACPI PCI bus>  on pcib0
>>
>>
>> and here it hangs.
>>
 >
 > You could probably safely post this on the acpi list.   First thing
 > to do is test a -current snapshot and see if it boots.   Also, my
 > DL380-G3s had about 4 different ACPI options in the BIOS, only one
 > would let it boot without hanging.
 >
Thanks, I am posting this to -acpi as well.  As an experiment, I put all 
8GB RAM in the other server, and it won't boot either.  It hangs at the 
same point.  While I await a response, I think I'll make sure all the 
latest HP patches for BIOS and such are loaded.

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Regards,
Doug