Re: ServerWorks/Broadcom HT1000 chipset errata saga

BTW, I've had PCI-X problems with a Marvel MV88SX6081 SATA controller  
on a M/B WITHOUT the HT1000 chipset (Tyan S2881UG2NR).  The M/B worked  
flawlessly under 7.0-BETA1 & BETA2.  I added the Marvell controller  
and EVERYTHING on the PCI-X bus flaked out.  I'm seeing Ierrs and  
Oerrs (netstat -i) on the built-in bge interfaces, ZFS checksum errors  
on disks attached to the Marvel controller, etc.

I wasn't sure from reading the thread whether Soren thought the  
problem went beyond the HT1000 chipset or not.  The problem seems to  
manifest itself only when I use the disks attached to the Marvel  
controller.  I'm applying the patch now to see if it fixes the problem.

-Nick

--- bofh_at_terranova.net wrote:

From: Travis Mikalson <bofh_at_terranova.net>
To: freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ServerWorks/Broadcom HT1000 chipset errata saga
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:40:37 -0500

J. Martin Petersen wrote:
> I have tested this with the scenarios that failed previously (with 6.2
> as well as vanilla 7.0-BETA4) and it works! Good work, Søren, and  
> thanks
> Travis!
>
>> It would be fantastic if 7.0-RELEASE worked right out of the box for
>> people using HT1000-based motherboards.
>
> I second that. Please include it into 7.0-RELEASE, as that would  
> make it
> usable on off-the-shelve HP ProLiant servers instead of "silently"
> corrupting everything.

By the way, anybody with an afflicted HT1000 system who has been unable
to install FreeBSD on it, contact me privately off-list and I can
provide you a patched 7.0-BETA4 boot CD (disc1 from make release) so you
can get it going.

-T
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