Problem with IBM xSeries 226 with ServeRAID 6i+ using FreeBSD 5.3

[J. Buck Caldwell]

Scott Long wrote:

> J. Buck Caldwell wrote:
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>> Scott Long wrote:
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>>> J. Buck Caldwell wrote:
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>>>> Any help would be appreciated. Requests for more detail will be 
>>>> answered promptly.
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>>> It sounds very much like an interrupt routing problem.  Have you 
>>> tried the 5.4-BETA CD?
>>>
>>> Scott
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>> No help. Booting normally brings me to the same point - "ips0: 
>> resetting adapter, make take 5 minutes" - then nothing. System just 
>> hangs. Also, after that point, hitting the power button will not 
>> power-off the machine (of course, holding it in will). Anytime before 
>> that point, hitting the power button will turn the power off instantly.
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> One more test, would you mind trying the 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002 snapshot? 
> If that works then that gives us a target to shoot for with 5.4.
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> Scott
>
Well, some excellent news - 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002 works perfectly. Or at 
least, it boots - I'm doing an install now, but I wanted to let you know 
right away.

Anything we could do to get this system running properly under 5.4, let 
me know - because we're paying lease payments two servers that we can't 
use at the moment, until we can boot FreeBSD on them. (damn IBM and 
thier end-of-life cycles....)