On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:52:53 +0000 (UTC), Matthias Scheler
<tron@zhadum.de> wrote:
> In article <673302980503031116451b9403@mail.gmail.com>,
>         Alex Dumitriu <alex.dumitriu@gmail.com> writes:
> > I'm going a bit crazy trying to create a RAID 1+0 volume on a
> > 2.0_STABLE i386 system.
>
> RAID 1 via RAIDframe works rock solid for me.
>
> > ... is that I'm not getting dropped to the debugger,
>
> Is the system running XFree86? I ask because you won't see the kernel
> debugger's prompt if the system drops into it while the X11 server
> uses the console.
>
> > As you can see, each drive is on its own channel.
>
> So this is a motherboard with an extra secondar IDE hostadapter. What
> kind of motherboard is it?

It's a gigabyte 8knxp MB. I have two Promise PCI cards in it (1
ATA-100, 1 ATA-133, IIRC).


> > The other thing that I'm unsure about is this: Should one run fdisk -u
> > on the raid volumes before labeling them?
>
> No. MBRs are only used by the BIOS which doesn't deal with NetBSD
> RAID volumes.

Is it harmful to have an MBR on the RAID volumes, or merely
unnecessary? I ask because I think my latest incarnation was fdisk-ed,
but I'll raidctl -u, dd, and rebuild if need be.


> > What the heck am I missing?
>
> Not sure. Can you please post the full output of "dmesg"?
>

Sure thing:

NetBSD 2.0_STABLE (HYPERION) #0: Sun Jan 30 19:30:22 EST 2005
        root@sol.bitblot.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/HYPERION
total memory = 1023 MB
avail memory = 997 MB
BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xfb5c0
PCI BIOS rev. 2.1 found at 0xfb5f0
PCI IRQ Routing Table rev. 1.0 found at 0xfdc80, size 256 bytes (14 entries)
PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 (Intel 82371SB PCI-to-ISA Bridge
(PIIX3) compatible)
PCI Exclusive IRQs: 5 9 10 11
pci_addr_fixup: 000:31:1 0x8086 0x24db new address 0x00005800
pci_addr_fixup: 000:31:1 0x8086 0x24db new address 0x00005808
pci_addr_fixup: 000:31:1 0x8086 0x24db new address 0x00005810
pci_addr_fixup: 000:31:1 0x8086 0x24db new address 0x0000580c
pci_addr_fixup: 000:31:1 0x8086 0x24db new address 0x40000000
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel Pentium 4 (686-class), 2411.71 MHz, id 0xf27
cpu0: features bfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
cpu0: features bfebfbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX>
cpu0: features bfebfbff<FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF>
cpu0: I-cache 12K uOp cache 8-way, D-cache 8 KB 64B/line 4-way
cpu0: L2 cache 512 KB 64B/line 8-way
cpu0: ITLB 4K/4M: 128 entries
cpu0: DTLB 4K/4M: 64 entries
cpu0: calibrating local timer
cpu0: apic clock running at 133 MHz
cpu0: 16 page colors
ioapic0 at mainbus0 apid 2 (I/O APIC)
ioapic0: pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
acpi0 at mainbus0
acpi0: using Intel ACPI CA subsystem version 20040211
acpi0: X/RSDT: OemId <GBT   ,AWRDACPI,42302e31>, AslId <AWRD,01010101>
acpi0: SCI interrupting at int 9
acpi0: fixed-feature power button present
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured
acpibut0 at acpi0 (PNP0C0C): ACPI Power Button
PNP0C01 at acpi0 not configured
INT0800 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0A03 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C02 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0000 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0200 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0100 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0B00 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0800 at acpi0 not configured
npx0 at acpi0 (PNP0C04)
npx0: io 0xf0-0xff irq 13
npx0: using exception 16
fdc1 at acpi0 (PNP0700)
fdc1: io 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
com0 at acpi0 (PNP0501-1)
com0: io 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4
com0: ns16550a, working fifo
com1 at acpi0 (PNP0501-2)
com1: io 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3
com1: ns16550a, working fifo
lpt0 at acpi0 (PNP0400)
lpt0: io 0x378-0x37f irq 7
PNPB02F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0B at acpi0 not configured
acpitz0 at acpi0: ACPI Thermal Zone
acpitz0: unable to get polling interval; using default of 30.0s
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: Intel 82875P Host (rev. 0x02)
agp0 at pchb0: aperture at 0xe8000000, size 0x8000000
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Intel 82875P AGP (rev. 0x02)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
vga0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: Nvidia Corporation GeForce FX 5200 (rev. 0xa1)
wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
ppb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 0: Intel product 0x257b (rev. 0x02)
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled
wm0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0: Intel i82547EI 1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 0
wm0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 18 (irq 5)
wm0: Communication Streaming Architecture
wm0: using 82547 Tx FIFO stall work-around
wm0: 64 word (6 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
wm0: Ethernet address 00:20:ed:71:50:56
igphy0 at wm0 phy 1: Intel IGP01E1000 Gigabit PHY, rev. 0
igphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT,
1000baseT-FDX, auto
uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0: Intel 82801EB/ER USB UHCI Controller
#0 (rev. 0x02)
uhci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 16 (irq 11)
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1: Intel 82801EB/ER USB UHCI Controller
#1 (rev. 0x02)
uhci1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 19 (irq 11)
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2: Intel 82801EB/ER USB UHCI Controller
#2 (rev. 0x02)
uhci2: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 18 (irq 5)
usb2 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2
uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3: Intel 82801EB/ER USB UHCI Controller
#3 (rev. 0x02)
uhci3: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 16 (irq 11)
usb3 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3
uhub3: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7: Intel 82801EB/ER USB EHCI Controller
(rev. 0x02)
ehci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 23 (irq 5)
ehci0: EHCI version 1.0
ehci0: companion controllers, 2 ports each: uhci0 uhci1 uhci2 uhci3
usb4 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub4 at usb4
uhub4: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
ppb2 at pci0 dev 30 function 0: Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI Bridge (rev. 0xc2)
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
pci3: i/o space, memory space enabled
pdcide0 at pci3 dev 1 function 0
pdcide0: Promise Ultra100TX2/ATA Bus Master IDE Accelerator (rev. 0x02)
pdcide0: bus-master DMA support present
pdcide0: primary channel configured to native-PCI mode
pdcide0: using ioapic0 pin 21 (irq 10) for native-PCI interrupt
atabus0 at pdcide0 channel 0
pdcide0: secondary channel configured to native-PCI mode
atabus1 at pdcide0 channel 1
pdcide1 at pci3 dev 2 function 0
pdcide1: Promise Ultra133/ATA Bus Master IDE Accelerator (rev. 0x02)
pdcide1: bus-master DMA support present
pdcide1: primary channel configured to native-PCI mode
pdcide1: using ioapic0 pin 22 (irq 9) for native-PCI interrupt
atabus2 at pdcide1 channel 0
pdcide1: secondary channel configured to native-PCI mode
atabus3 at pdcide1 channel 1
wm1 at pci3 dev 4 function 0: Intel i82540EM 1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 2
wm1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 18 (irq 5)
wm1: 32-bit 33MHz PCI bus
wm1: 64 word (6 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
wm1: Ethernet address 00:0e:0c:06:a7:80
makphy0 at wm1 phy 1: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY, rev. 3
makphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT,
1000baseT-FDX, auto
fwohci0 at pci3 dev 10 function 0: Texas Instruments TSB43AA23 OHCI
IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev. 0x00)
fwohci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 22 (irq 9)
fwohci0: OHCI 1.1, 00:20:ed:0a:00:81:45:9e, 400Mb/s, 2048 max_rec, 4
ir_ctx, 8 it_ctx
satalink0 at pci3 dev 11 function 0
satalink0: Silicon Image SATALink 3112 (rev. 0x02)
satalink0: SATALink BA5 register space disabled
satalink0: bus-master DMA support present
satalink0: primary channel wired to native-PCI mode
satalink0: using ioapic0 pin 19 (irq 11) for native-PCI interrupt
atabus4 at satalink0 channel 0
satalink0: secondary channel wired to native-PCI mode
atabus5 at satalink0 channel 1
pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0
pcib0: Intel 82801EB LPC Interface Bridge (rev. 0x02)
piixide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1
piixide0: Intel 82801EB IDE Controller (ICH5) (rev. 0x02)
piixide0: bus-master DMA support present
piixide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
piixide0: primary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 14 (irq 14)
atabus6 at piixide0 channel 0
piixide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
piixide0: secondary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 15 (irq 15)
atabus7 at piixide0 channel 1
piixide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 2
piixide1: Intel 82801EB Serial ATA Controller (rev. 0x02)
piixide1: bus-master DMA support present
piixide1: primary channel configured to native-PCI mode
piixide1: using ioapic0 pin 18 (irq 5) for native-PCI interrupt
atabus8 at piixide1 channel 0
piixide1: secondary channel configured to native-PCI mode
atabus9 at piixide1 channel 1
Intel 82801EB/ER SMBus Controller (SMBus serial bus, revision 0x02) at
pci0 dev 31 function 3 not configured
auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5: i82801EB (ICH5) AC-97 Audio
auich0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 17 (irq 10)
auich0: ac97: Avance Logic ALC655 codec; no 3D stereo
auich0: ac97: ext id 9c4<AC97_23,LDAC,SDAC,CDAC,SPDIF>
isa0 at pcib0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: PC speaker
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support
isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
ioapic0: enabling
audio0 at auich0: full duplex, independent
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
fw0 at fwohci0: 00:20:ed:0a:00:81:45:9e:0a:02:ff:ff:f0:01:00:00
wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <Maxtor 4G120J6>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd0: 114 GB, 238216 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 240121728 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
wd0(pdcide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
(using DMA data transfers)
wd1 at atabus2 drive 0: <Maxtor 6Y120L0>
wd1: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd1: 114 GB, 238216 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 240121728 sectors
wd1: 32-bit data port
wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
wd1(pdcide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
(using DMA data transfers)
wd2 at atabus3 drive 0: <Maxtor 6Y120L0>
wd2: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd2: 114 GB, 238216 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 240121728 sectors
wd2: 32-bit data port
wd2: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
wd2(pdcide1:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
(using DMA data transfers)
wd3 at atabus6 drive 0: <WDC WD2000BB-22DWA0>
wd3: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd3: 186 GB, 387618 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 390719855 sectors
wd3: 32-bit data port
wd3: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd3(piixide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
(using DMA data transfers)
wd4 at atabus7 drive 0: <WDC WD1200BB-53CAA1>
wd4: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd4: 111 GB, 232581 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 234441648 sectors
wd4: 32-bit data port
wd4: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd4(piixide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
(using DMA data transfers)
wd5 at atabus8 drive 0: <ST380013AS>
wd5: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd5: 76293 MB, 155009 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 156250000 sectors
wd5: 32-bit data port
wd5: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
wd5(piixide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
(using DMA data transfers)
raid0: RAID Level 1
raid0: Components: /dev/wd0e /dev/wd1e
raid0: Total Sectors: 240121600 (117246 MB)
raid1: RAID Level 1
raid1: Components: /dev/wd2e /dev/wd3e
raid1: Total Sectors: 240121600 (117246 MB)
boot device: wd5
root on wd5a dumps on wd5b
root file system type: ffs
raid0: Device already configured!
raid1: Device already configured!
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)

Thanks for the reply!
-alex.