Subject: XEN0 and RAID (What I really wanted)
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Tonnerre LOMBARD <tonnerre@bsdprojects.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/03/2006 18:39:09
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Salut,

Currently, I'm trying to install NetBSD/XEN0 on a machine and I am facing the
problem that apparently the RAID isn't available as a boot device (i.e. isn't
detected properly) under XEN0. The kernel is NetBSD 3.0's default XEN0 kernel,
and the machine is a Dell PowerEdge 2500 with onboard RAID (aac).

The relevant parts of dmesg duing a Non-XEN bootup:

aac0 at pci1 dev 2 function 1: Dell PERC 3/Di
aac0: interrupting at irq 5
aac0: i960RX at 100MHz, 126MB mem (118MB cache), optional battery present
aac0: Kernel 2.7-0 [Build 3153], Monitor 2.7-0 [Build 3153], S/N BC10D2
aac0: Controller supports: 55c<WCACHE,DATA64,HOSTTIME,WINDOW4GB,SOFTERR,SGMAP64>
ld0 at aac0 unit 0: RAID 5
ld0: 69425 MB, 8850 cyl, 255 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 142182912 sectors

Any idea why the thing doesn't turn up on XEN boots? I'll try further booting
the beast and discovering more boot messages, but it doesn't really scroll,
because the thing isn't wscons at the point. But well.

				Tonnerre

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