kern/139654: CD-boot failure on newer IBM server

[Charles Owens]

Charles Owens wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> As detailed in the PR, we are unable to get FreeBSD (7.1) to boot with
> an IBM System x3250 M2 server.  I'm not sure what steps to take next,
> and would greatly appreciate assistance.
> 
> We've also submitted kern/139653 which deal with different hardware (HP)
> and is not quite as critical (very poor performance, as opposed to
> complete failure)... any suggestions with this also welcome.
> 
> PR links:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/139654
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/139653


Tying up this loose thread... PR kern/139654 turns out to be duplicate
of kern/103602.  Patch in PR from Alexander Motin (mav@) appears to
resolve our issue (works fine in 7.1 but must be applied by hand).  Our
thanks to him for his generous support.

 Charles Owens
 Great Bay Software, Inc.