ASUS A7N8X-X motherboard

From: Andrew Konstantinov <abkonstantinov_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 23:23:45 -0700
Hi,

I have a workstation with A7N8X-X motherboard where FreeBSD 5.2.1 is having
some trouble recognizing all of the components and/or not being able to find
appropriate drivers. These aren't vital problems as the overall system
performace is very nice. So, without further ado, here are the troubling parts.
This is the output (partial output) from "pciconf -lv":

none0_at_pci0:0:1: class=0x050000 card=0x80ac1043 chip=0x01ea10de rev=0xc1 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
    device   = 'nForce2 Memory Controller 0'
    class    = memory
    subclass = RAM
none1_at_pci0:0:2: class=0x050000 card=0x80ac1043 chip=0x01ee10de rev=0xc1 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
    device   = 'nForce2 Memory Controller 4'
    class    = memory
    subclass = RAM
none2_at_pci0:0:3: class=0x050000 card=0x80ac1043 chip=0x01ed10de rev=0xc1 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
    device   = 'nForce2 Memory Controller 3'
    class    = memory
    subclass = RAM
none3_at_pci0:0:4: class=0x050000 card=0x80ac1043 chip=0x01ec10de rev=0xc1 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
    device   = 'nForce2 Memory Controller 2'
    class    = memory
    subclass = RAM
none4_at_pci0:0:5: class=0x050000 card=0x80ac1043 chip=0x01ef10de rev=0xc1 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
    device   = 'nForce2 Memory Controller 5'
    class    = memory
    subclass = RAM
none5_at_pci0:1:1: class=0x0c0500 card=0x0c111043 chip=0x006410de rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
    device   = 'nForce MCP-T? SMBus Controller'
    class    = serial bus
    subclass = SMBus
none6_at_pci2:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x11151554 chip=0x018510de rev=0xa4 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
    class    = display
    subclass = VGA

As you can see, "nForce Memory Controller" is the major issue. If someone could
point me in the direction where I could find some docs or useful articles on
that topic, I'd be very thankful.

The other rather troublesome part is with the "nForce MCP-T? SMBus Controller."
I've included:

device          smb                     # SMB
device          smbus                   # SMBus

in my kernel, but that didn't improve the situation even a bit. I guess generic
drivers won't work in this case, but I haven't been able to find anything
specific to NVIDIA. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

And finally the last issue is with the "display." I have "GeForce MX 4000 Plus"
graphics card which works perfecly with FreeBSD's base "nv(4)" driver, no
problems whatsoever. So, I'm a little puzzled by this last issue. Perhaps
installing ports/x11/nvidia-driver might help? I haven't tried it because from
what I can tell after reading people's posts on the net, it's a very nasty
behaved beast.

As I've mentioned above, these aren't vital problems at all. I am just hoping
that someone might have an easy fix for this that I'm not aware of. The dmesg
and kernel configuration will be following shortly. Thanks in advance for any
help.

Andrew

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Here is the dmesg:

Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 #0: Sun Jul  4 21:40:16 PDT 2004
    root_at_head.kableu.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM
Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0881000.
Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/if_nv.ko" at 0xc0881244.
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ (2104.78-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x6a0  Stepping = 0
  Features=0x383fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
  AMD Features=0xc0400000<AMIE,DSP,3DNow!>
real memory  = 536805376 (511 MB)
avail memory = 511774720 (488 MB)
mptable_probe: MP Config Table has bad signature: \^O8\^O
Security policy loaded: TrustedBSD MAC/ifoff (mac_ifoff)
Security policy loaded: TrustedBSD MAC/seeotheruids (mac_seeotheruids)
Security policy loaded: TrustedBSD MAC/BSD Extended (mac_bsdextended)
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
VESA: v3.0, 131072k memory, flags:0x1, mode table:0xc07d0562 (1000022)
VESA: NVIDIA
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
Using $PIR table, 11 entries at 0xc00fdeb0
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> at pcibus 0 on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Controller> mem 0xd8000000-0xdbffffff at device 0.0 on pci0
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.2 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.4 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.5 (no driver attached)
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 1.1 (no driver attached)
ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xe0002000-0xe0002fff irq 5 at device 2.0 on pci0
usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: (0x10de) OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
ohci1: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xe0003000-0xe0003fff irq 11 at device 2.1 on pci0
usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb1: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: (0x10de) OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xe0004000-0xe00040ff irq 5 at device 2.2 on pci0
ehci_pci_attach: companion usb0
ehci_pci_attach: companion usb1
usb2: EHCI version 1.0
usb2: companion controllers, 4 ports each: usb0 usb1
usb2: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb2: USB revision 2.0
uhub2: (0x10de) EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
nv0: <NVIDIA nForce MCP2 Networking Adapter> port 0xe000-0xe007 mem 0xe0000000-0xe0000fff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci0
nv0: Ethernet address 00:0e:a6:b2:ca:85
miibus0: <MII bus> on nv0
rlphy0: <RTL8201L 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
pcm0: <Nvidia nForce2> port 0xe800-0xe87f,0xe400-0xe4ff mem 0xe0001000-0xe0001fff irq 11 at device 6.0 on pci0
pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC650 AC97 Codec>
pcib1: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 8.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
pci_cfgintr: 1:7 INTA BIOS irq 5
pci_cfgintr: 1:8 INTA BIOS irq 11
pci_cfgintr: 1:10 INTA BIOS irq 5
dc0: <ADMtek AN985 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xdf011000-0xdf0113ff irq 5 at device 7.0 on pci1
dc0: Ethernet address: 00:04:5a:4d:b0:9f
miibus1: <MII bus> on dc0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus1
ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
dc1: <ADMtek AN985 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd400-0xd4ff mem 0xdf010000-0xdf0103ff irq 11 at device 8.0 on pci1
dc1: Ethernet address: 00:0c:41:21:51:c9
miibus2: <MII bus> on dc1
ukphy1: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus2
ukphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xdf000000-0xdf00ffff irq 5 at device 10.0 on pci1
ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 802.11 address: 00:09:5b:92:0e:bf
atapci0: <nVidia nForce2 UDMA133 controller> port 0xf000-0xf00f at device 9.0 on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
ata0: [MPSAFE]
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
ata1: [MPSAFE]
pcib2: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib2
pci_cfgintr: 0:30 INTA routed to irq 5
pcib2: slot 0 INTA is routed to irq 5
pci2: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xd0000-0xd17ff,0xc0000-0xcf7ff on isa0
pmtimer0 on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model MouseMan+, device ID 0
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/16 bytes threshold
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources (irq)
unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0401> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2104783187 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
IP Filter: v3.4.31 initialized.  Default = block all, Logging = enabled
GEOM: create disk ad0 dp=0xc4917a60
ad0: 76319MB <ST380011A> [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
GEOM: create disk ad2 dp=0xc4917860
ad2: 76319MB <ST380011A> [155061/16/63] at ata1-master UDMA100
acd0: CDRW <CD-W58E> at ata1-slave PIO4
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a

------------- kernel config:

machine		i386
cpu		I686_CPU
ident		CUSTOM
makeoptions	DEBUG=-g		#Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols
options 	SCHED_4BSD		#4BSD scheduler
options 	INET			#InterNETworking
options 	INET6			#IPv6 communications protocols
options 	FFS			#Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options 	SOFTUPDATES		#Enable FFS soft updates support
options 	UFS_ACL			#Support for access control lists
options 	UFS_DIRHASH		#Improve performance on big directories
options 	MD_ROOT			#MD is a potential root device
options 	NFSCLIENT		#Network Filesystem Client
options 	NFSSERVER		#Network Filesystem Server
options 	MSDOSFS			#MSDOS Filesystem
options 	CD9660			#ISO 9660 Filesystem
options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
options 	PSEUDOFS		#Pseudo-filesystem framework
options 	COMPAT_43		#Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		#Compatible with FreeBSD4
options 	SCSI_DELAY=15000	#Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) support
options 	SYSVSHM			#SYSV-style shared memory
options 	SYSVMSG			#SYSV-style message queues
options 	SYSVSEM			#SYSV-style semaphores
options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions
options 	KBD_INSTALL_CDEV	# install a CDEV entry in /dev
options 	AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~128k to driver.
options 	AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~215k to driver.
options 	PFIL_HOOKS		# pfil(9) framework
options 	INVARIANT_SUPPORT	#Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required by INVARIANTS
options         INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE
options         DEVICE_POLLING
options         HZ=2000
options         QUOTA
options         MAC
options         MAC_BSDEXTENDED
options         MAC_IFOFF
options         MAC_SEEOTHERUIDS
options         IPSEC
options         IPSEC_ESP
options         IPFILTER
options         IPFILTER_LOG
options         IPFILTER_DEFAULT_BLOCK
options         GEOM_BDE
options         VESA
options         SC_PIXEL_MODE
device          ath                     # netgear wifi
device          ath_hal                 # netgear wifi
device		pcm			# audio
device		smb			# SMB
device		smbus			# SMBus
device		ehci			# USB Enhanced Host Controller driver
device		apic			# I/O APIC
device		isa
device		eisa
device		pci
device		ata
device		atadisk			# ATA disk drives
device		atapicd			# ATAPI CDROM drives
options 	ATA_STATIC_ID		#Static device numbering
device		scbus		# SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
device		da		# Direct Access (disks)
device		pass		# Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)
device		atkbdc		# AT keyboard controller
device		atkbd		# AT keyboard
device		psm		# PS/2 mouse
device		vga		# VGA video card driver
device		splash		# Splash screen and screen saver support
device		sc
device		agp		# support several AGP chipsets
device		npx
device		pmtimer
device		sio		# 8250, 16[45]50 based serial ports
device		ppc
device		ppbus		# Parallel port bus (required)
device		lpt		# Printer
device		miibus		# MII bus support
device		dc		# DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
device		rl		# RealTek 8129/8139
device		wlan		# 802.11 support
device		random		# Entropy device
device		loop		# Network loopback
device		ether		# Ethernet support
device		tun		# Packet tunnel.
device		pty		# Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
device		md		# Memory "disks"
device		gif		# IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
device		bpf		# Berkeley packet filter
device		uhci		# UHCI PCI->USB interface
device		ohci		# OHCI PCI->USB interface
device		usb		# USB Bus (required)
device		umass		# Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da

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