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From: Xavier Beaudouin <kiwi@caudium.net>
Sender: kiwi@kiwi.home.oav.net
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: FreeBSD >= 4.4 cannot boot / install on ASUS P2B-DS Motherboard
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>Number:         34487
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD >= 4.4 cannot boot / install on ASUS P2B-DS Motherboard
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jan 31 05:50:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:    Fri Feb 1 03:49:43 PST 2002
>Last-Modified:  Fri Feb  1 07:20:16 PST 2002
>Originator:     Xavier Beaudouin
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
The Caudium Group
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD kiwi.home.oav.net 4.5-STABLE FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE #0: Thu Jan 31 02:57:49 CET 2002 root@kiwi.home.oav.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/KIWI i386
  
 (This was used to send-pr, but here is the description of the machine)

 ASUS P2B-DS motherboard, with 2 PII-400 (512k - ECC L2 cache), 512M memory
 Nic : Intel Interexpress, video card cirrus logic, and scsi card adaptec aic 
 onboard.

>Description:

 Using CDROM images or floppy images from FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3, the
 system will install sligtly without any locks up.

 But starting with FreeBSD 4.4 or 4.5, the kernel will lock itself (waiting
 maybe for something it cannot found) just after unsuccesfull probing of ppc0
 port.

 I've tryed numerous configuration : swaping from SCSI to IDE, configure the 
 machine with MPS 1.4 (on bios) enabled or disable, with only one CPU...

 Note that recent linux version, openbsd, windows, sco or solaris OS works 
 very well on this mobo...

>How-To-Repeat:

 Use CDROM image or floppy installation image, an asus P2B-DS and try
 to install on it a FreeBSD 4.4 or 4.5

>Fix:

	


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To: Xavier Beaudouin <kiwi@caudium.net>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/34487: FreeBSD >= 4.4 cannot boot / install on ASUS P2B-DS Motherboard 
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 16:38:57 +0200

 On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:48:41 +0100, Xavier Beaudouin wrote:
 
 >  But starting with FreeBSD 4.4 or 4.5, the kernel will lock itself (waiting
 >  maybe for something it cannot found) just after unsuccesfull probing of ppc0
 >  port.
 
 Can you use boot -v to provide more detail on exactly where the lockup
 occurs?
 
 Note the following open PRs relating to ASUS motherboards:
 
 	kern/25909
 	kern/28418
 	kern/31233
 
 See also PR misc/33398, which suggests toggling the "Plug'n'Play OS"
 option in the BIOS.
 
 Also, PR kern/30715 suggests that a bug tickled by the use of PCI slot
 #4 on P3B boards was resolved in 4.5-RELEASE.
 
 Ciao,
 Sheldon.

From: Xavier Beaudouin <kiwi@caudium.net>
To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
Cc: <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: kern/34487: FreeBSD >= 4.4 cannot boot / install on ASUS P2B-DS
 Motherboard 
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 23:17:06 +0100 (CET)

 Le Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Sheldon Hearn a crit :
 
 > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:48:41 +0100, Xavier Beaudouin wrote:
 >
 > >  But starting with FreeBSD 4.4 or 4.5, the kernel will lock itself (waiting
 > >  maybe for something it cannot found) just after unsuccesfull probing of ppc0
 > >  port.
 >
 > Can you use boot -v to provide more detail on exactly where the lockup
 > occurs?
 
 Yes sure (using FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE) floppies :
 
 [...]
 ppc0: parallel port found at 0x378
 ppc0: using extended I/O range
 ppc0: SPP
 ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
 ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
 plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
 bpf0: lp0 attached
 ed0 failed to probe at port 0x280-0x29f iomem 0xd8000 irq 10 on isa0
 fe0 failed to probe at port 0x300-0x31f on isa0
 ie0 failed to probe at port 0x300 iomem 0xd0000 irq 10 on isa0
 lnc0 failed to probe at port 0x280 irq 10 drq 0 on isa0
 cs0 failed to probe at port 0x300-0x31f on isa0
 sn0 failed to probe at port 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa0
 isa_probe_children: probing PnP devices
 
 [ Sometimes the kernel locks a this point even if PNP OS is enabled or
 disabled in the bios... Sometimes it continue and locks on ahc0 card just
 after "Waiting 15 seconds for SCIS devices to settle" ]
 
 > Note the following open PRs relating to ASUS motherboards:
 >
 > 	kern/25909
 > 	kern/28418
 > 	kern/31233
 >
 > See also PR misc/33398, which suggests toggling the "Plug'n'Play OS"
 > option in the BIOS.
 >
 > Also, PR kern/30715 suggests that a bug tickled by the use of PCI slot
 > #4 on P3B boards was resolved in 4.5-RELEASE.
 
 Tryed what thoses PR suggests... but they didn't help me... ;(
 
 Thanks again,
 
 Don't hesitate to ask me more question and/or tests about the p2b-ds... :)
 
 /Xavier
 
 -- 
 Xavier Beaudouin - Unix System Administrator & Projects Leader.
 For mail address, please check header of this mails. Spams are not accepted.
 Caudium: http://caudium.net/, CAMAS webmail: http://camas.caudium.net/
 [ Little fortune now ]
  Those who don't understand UNIX are doomed to reinvent it, poorly.
  --Henry Spencer
 

From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc: kiwi@caudium.net
Subject: re: kern/34487: ASUS P2B-DS Problem
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 00:04:54 +0000

 OK, The following might not help and it does sound stupid :) but I used 
 to get this kind of problem with 4.4, but it wasn't related to FreeBSD.
 
 First of all, if you haven't, I suggest that you download the firmware
 updates.  The below URL should help.  It is located at the bottom of the
 page.
 
 http://www.asus.com.tw/download/mbdriver/slot1-440bx.htm
 
 Also have a look at the below URL, which contains some more fixes for
 your particular BIOS.  Look for the P2B-DS Motherboard, which is somewhere
 down the page:
 
 http://www.abios.com/asus/asus-440bx.html
 
 Does your PNP Scan become slow, before this problem, as in, do you
 get time stops between the PNP Scan.
 
 But, putting this in a nutshell, I know that this problem is not
 related to FreeBSD, though I may be wrong. :)
 
 Regards,
 
  - Hiten Pandya
  - <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>

From: Xavier Beaudouin <kiwi@caudium.net>
To: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
Cc: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: re: kern/34487: ASUS P2B-DS Problem
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 01:14:56 +0100 (CET)

 Hi Hiten,
 
 >
 > OK, The following might not help and it does sound stupid :) but I used
 > to get this kind of problem with 4.4, but it wasn't related to FreeBSD.
 >
 > First of all, if you haven't, I suggest that you download the firmware
 > updates.  The below URL should help.  It is located at the bottom of the
 > page.
 >
 > http://www.asus.com.tw/download/mbdriver/slot1-440bx.htm
 >
 > Also have a look at the below URL, which contains some more fixes for
 > your particular BIOS.  Look for the P2B-DS Motherboard, which is somewhere
 > down the page:
 >
 > http://www.abios.com/asus/asus-440bx.html
 
 Ok I did some hunting.... and found BIOS release 1013 that does update the
 Adaptec BIOS... (I was using 1012B from a previous update 3 days ago
 because I was suspecting something like this...).
 
 So now with BIOS 1013 the install boot disk boots and install :)
 
 Great :)
 
 > Does your PNP Scan become slow, before this problem, as in, do you
 > get time stops between the PNP Scan.
 >
 > But, putting this in a nutshell, I know that this problem is not
 > related to FreeBSD, though I may be wrong. :)
 >
 
 Yes you are totaly right... I just didn't notice this update :)
 
 Thanks for the support :) You are were very helpfull :)
 
 Sincerly,
 /Xavier
 
 -- 
 Xavier Beaudouin - Unix System Administrator & Projects Leader.
 For mail address, please check header of this mails. Spams are not accepted.
 Caudium: http://caudium.net/, CAMAS webmail: http://camas.caudium.net/
 [ Little fortune now ]
  Those who don't understand UNIX are doomed to reinvent it, poorly.
  --Henry Spencer
 

From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc: kiwi@caudium.net
Subject: re: kern/34487: ASUS P2B-DS Problem (Close Request)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:47:01 +0000

 Hi,
 
 As agreed above, by the originator, the problem/issue is
 resolved, and all neccessary *new* firmware updates were
 applied.
 
 If the originator agrees, this PR can be successfully closed,
 and I will take the point to document this problem in the
 Handbook, as my next patch to the FreeBSD-Doc list.
 
 This also suggests that we put up a "Troubleshooting" section
 in the installation chapter of the handbook. This goes to
 murray and the -doc team ;)
 
 Thanks,
 Regards,
 
  - Hiten Pandya
  - <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-doc 
Responsible-Changed-By: sheldonh 
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Feb 1 03:08:03 PST 2002 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Hiten is going to come up with a Handbook / FAQ entry for this. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=34487 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: sheldonh 
State-Changed-When: Fri Feb 1 03:49:43 PST 2002 
State-Changed-Why:  
Superseded by docs/34524. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=34487 

From: Xavier Beaudouin <kiwi@caudium.net>
To: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
Cc: <bug-followup@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: re: kern/34487: ASUS P2B-DS Problem (Close Request)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:15:42 +0100 (CET)

 Hi !
 
 >
 > As agreed above, by the originator, the problem/issue is
 > resolved, and all neccessary *new* firmware updates were
 > applied.
 >
 > If the originator agrees, this PR can be successfully closed,
 > and I will take the point to document this problem in the
 > Handbook, as my next patch to the FreeBSD-Doc list.
 
 This is ok for me, the upgrade of the SCSI bios with v1013 of the bios
 totaly solve this problem...
 
 > This also suggests that we put up a "Troubleshooting" section
 > in the installation chapter of the handbook. This goes to
 > murray and the -doc team ;)
 
 This is maybe a good idea... because I wasn't able to find anything about
 this specific motherboard problem... and a little note about upgrading the
 bios should help people :)
 
 Thanks again :)
 /Xavier
 
 -- 
 Xavier Beaudouin - Unix System Administrator & Projects Leader.
 For mail address, please check header of this mails. Spams are not accepted.
 Caudium: http://caudium.net/, CAMAS webmail: http://camas.caudium.net/
 [ Little fortune now ]
  Those who don't understand UNIX are doomed to reinvent it, poorly.
  --Henry Spencer
 
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