IBM xSeries 335 and FreeBSD 5 STABLE. SMP problem

Alexander Markov proforg at tic-tac.ru
Tue Jul 19 05:52:09 GMT 2005


>If you unload kernel and load it again at boot manually, can 335 boot?
>I have one 336 with 5.4 that must use this trick to boot, otherwise
>it hangs after ipfw2 initialized. On the other hand, I have 3 335 installed
>with 5.4 running SMP smoothly.

Nope, this trick doesn't work for me :-(
And btw, do you have LSI Logic SCSI controller on your 335?

I'll try to upgrade BIOS today, for it seems to be the only difference 
between my and people in the list's hardware. 



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