FreeBSD 4.10 not finding 3ware controllers

[pete wright]

at which point does it fail...does it not boot, or do you get to
sysinstall?  if you get to sysinstall then you can goto another VT and
run a dmesg from there i believe.  i guess it's a moot point as you've
moved to 5.2.1...if you are happy with the 5.x branch maybe you should
test out the 5.3RC's

-p


On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:46:37 -0700, Benson Wong <tummytech at gmail.com> wrote:
> Um, I can't do a dmesg since I can't installed FBSD.
> The chipset is Intel E7520
> 
> The BIOS does detect the cards. When booting the cards will show what
> drives are attached and how they're connected to the RAID array. They
> also give you the option of using Alt+3 to enter the configuration
> mode.
> 
> During boot I don't actually see the TWE drivers being loaded. I tried
> using FreeBSD/amd64 5.2.1 since it supports the EM64T stuff provided
> but it basically crashed during installation. I'm going to try
> 5.2.1/i386 now.
> 
> Thanks.
> Ben.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:22:57 -0700, pete wright <nomadlogic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:55:12 -0700, Benson Wong <tummytech at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just got a new server with a SuperMicro X6DH8-G motherboard. it's
> > > basically a dual xeon board with 2  3Ware controllers in it.
> > >
> > > The Controllers:
> > > 8006-2LP
> > > 8506-4LP
> > >
> > > A couple of days ago I installed 4.10 on old Dell 300S PowerEdge
> > > server, with the same 3ware controllers and the installation went
> > > flawlessly. However on this machine FreeBSD doesn't can't seem to
> > > autodetect the controllers.
> > >
> > > I'm thinking that 4.10 doesn't have support for the motherboards, but
> > > I'm not entirely sure. Has anybody else experienced the same thing, or
> > > have any insight into this? Does this require some kernel tweaks of
> > > the installation CD?
> > >
> >
> > can you provide a dmesg from the machine you are having problems with.
> >  i think the list will specifically be interested in the "twe" lines
> > from the dmesg (i think those controllers use the twe driver not
> > sure).  Also what chipset is on the mobo, i'm not familiar with it off
> > the top of my head.  finally, does the BIOS detect the cards?
> >
> > -p
> >
> > > Thanks.
> > > Ben
> > >
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