On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Greg A. Woods wrote:

> [ On Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 15:58:52 (-0600), Michael L. Hitch wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: ES40, ES45, etc. support?
> >
> >   I just booted a 2.0F install disk on an ES40, and the installation
> > booted fine.  It recognized the 4 CPUs and the 8GB of memory.  The
> > RAID controller that came with the machine wasn't configured.  I didn't
> > have any installation sets available, so I didn't actually complete
> > the installation.
>
> Wonderful news!  (though of course the earlier report of MP kernels
> failing to boot still concerns me, but given FreeBSD claims to work fine
> on them it shouldn't be a huge effort to fix NetBSD too...)

  I've had a chance to install -current on the ES40, and it boots with MP
kernels fine.  Continuing to run is a little more problematic though.
It's crashed a couple of times with some locking problems (I'm running a
LOCKDEBUG kernel).

  The dmesg for a UP kernel:
consinit: not using prom console
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 2.0F (GENERIC) #19: Tue Jun 29 16:46:43 MDT 2004
	mhitch@netbsd0:/usr/NetBSD-current/OBJ/alphaev56/sys/arch/alpha/compile.alphaev56/GENERIC
AlphaServer ES40, 833MHz, s/n AY31102273
8192 byte page size, 4 processors.
total memory = 8192 MB
(2848 KB reserved for PROM, 8189 MB used by NetBSD)
avail memory = 8039 MB
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21264B-4
cpu0: Architecture extensions: 307<PAT,MVI,CIX,FIX,BWX>
cpu1 at mainbus0: ID 1, 21264B-4
cpu1: processor off-line; multiprocessor support not present in kernel
cpu2 at mainbus0: ID 2, 21264B-4
cpu2: processor off-line; multiprocessor support not present in kernel
cpu3 at mainbus0: ID 3, 21264B-4
cpu3: processor off-line; multiprocessor support not present in kernel
tsc0 at mainbus0: 21272 Core Logic Chipset, Cchip rev 0
tsc0: 8 Dchips, 2 memory buses of 32 bytes
tsc0: arrays present: 4096MB (split), 4096MB (split), 0MB, 0MB, Dchip 0 rev 1
tsp0 at tsc0
pci0 at tsp0 bus 0
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
vga0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: 3D Labs GLINT Permedia 3 (rev. 0x01)
wsdisplay0 at vga0 (kbdmux ignored): console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
mlx0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: Mylex RAID (v2 interface)
mlx0: interrupting at dec 6600 irq 12
mlx0: DAC960P/PD, 3 channels, firmware 2.70-0-00, 8MB RAM
ld0 at mlx0 unit 0: RAID0, online
ld0: 4092 MB, 2078 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8380416 sectors
ld1 at mlx0 unit 1: RAID0, online
ld1: 16998 MB, 8633 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 34811904 sectors
ld2 at mlx0 unit 2: RAID0, online
ld2: 16998 MB, 8633 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 34811904 sectors
ld3 at mlx0 unit 3: RAID0, online
ld3: 12000 MB, 6095 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 24576000 sectors
ld4 at mlx0 unit 4: RAID0, online
ld4: 4092 MB, 2078 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8380416 sectors
ld5 at mlx0 unit 5: RAID0, online
ld5: 4092 MB, 2078 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8380416 sectors
ld6 at mlx0 unit 6: RAID0, online
ld6: 4092 MB, 2078 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8380416 sectors
ld7 at mlx0 unit 7: RAID0, online
ld7: 4092 MB, 2078 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8380416 sectors
isp0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0: QLogic 1020 Fast Wide SCSI HBA
isp0: interrupting at dec 6600 irq 16
scsibus0 at isp0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
isp1 at pci0 dev 4 function 0: QLogic 1020 Fast Wide SCSI HBA
isp1: interrupting at dec 6600 irq 20
scsibus1 at isp1: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
sio0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: Acer Labs M1543 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev. 0xc3)
aceride0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0
aceride0: Acer Labs M5229 UDMA IDE Controller (rev. 0xc1)
aceride0: bus-master DMA support present
aceride0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
aceride0: primary channel interrupting at isa irq 14
atabus0 at aceride0 channel 0
aceride0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
aceride0: secondary channel interrupting at isa irq 15
atabus1 at aceride0 channel 1
ohci0 at pci0 dev 19 function 0: Acer Labs M5237 USB Host Controller (rev. 0x03)
ohci0: interrupting at isa irq 10
ohci0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Acer Labs OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
isa0 at sio0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux ignored): console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 (mux ignored)
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: PC speaker
spkr0 at pcppi0
isabeep0 at pcppi0
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70-0x71: mc146818 or compatible
tsp1 at tsc0
pci1 at tsp1 bus 0
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
ppb0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0: Digital Equipment DECchip 21154 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x02)
pci2 at ppb0 bus 2
pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
Distributed Processing Technology Memory Controller (miscellaneous memory, revision 0x02) at pci2 dev 3 function 0 not configured
Distributed Processing Technology SmartRAID (I2O) (standard I2O, interface 0x01, revision 0x03) at pci2 dev 4 function 0 not configured
isp2 at pci1 dev 2 function 0: QLogic 1020 Fast Wide SCSI HBA
isp2: interrupting at dec 6600 irq 28
scsibus2 at isp2: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
isp3 at pci1 dev 3 function 0: QLogic 1020 Fast Wide SCSI HBA
isp3: interrupting at dec 6600 irq 32
scsibus3 at isp3: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
ppb1 at pci1 dev 6 function 0: Intel S21152BA,S21154AE/BE PCI to PCI Bridge (rev. 0x00)
pci3 at ppb1 bus 3
pci3: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
fxp0 at pci3 dev 4 function 0: i82559 Ethernet, rev 8
fxp0: interrupting at dec 6600 irq 44
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:08:02:de:e7:cc
inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 media interface, rev. 4
inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
fxp1 at pci3 dev 5 function 0: i82559 Ethernet, rev 8
fxp1: interrupting at dec 6600 irq 45
fxp1: Ethernet address 00:08:02:de:e7:cd
inphy1 at fxp1 phy 1: i82555 10/100 media interface, rev. 4
inphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
stray isa irq 14
atapibus0 at atabus0: 2 targets
scsibus2: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
scsibus3: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8480B, , 2.11> cdrom removable
cd0: 32-bit data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 1
cd0(aceride0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 1 (using DMA data transfers)
scsibus1 target 0 lun 0: <DEC, TL800    (C) DEC, 0514> changer removable not configured
st0 at scsibus1 target 4 lun 0: <DEC, TZ89     (C) DEC, 2561> tape removable
st0: drive empty
st0: sync (100.00ns offset 8), 16-bit (20.000MB/s) transfers
ld0: no disk label
ld1: no disk label
ld2: no disk label
ld4: no disk label
ld5: no disk label
ld6: no disk label
ld7: no disk label
root on ld3a dumps on ld3b
root file system type: ffs
wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)


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Michael L. Hitch			mhitch@montana.edu
Computer Consultant
Information Technology Center
Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	USA