Re: gptzfsboot error using HP Smart Array P410i Controller

From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:39:48 +0100
Hi!

This is still happening with FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE, as I have just
discovered. The hack works like a charm, but seems kind of odd... :)

Any progress in getting a "real" fix into the repository? Any risks with
the hack - is it likely to believe that it will suddenly or sporadically
fail?

Cheers,
Palle

Christoph Hoffmann skrev:
> Hello Daniel,
> 
> Last time I checked up on the issue was on the 23rd of September,
> it was not fixed then.
> I was able to to boot from drive 0x80 after adding:
> 
> *** zfsboot.c.orig	Fri Sep 23 18:03:26 2011
> --- zfsboot.c	Fri Sep 23 18:47:44 2011
> ***************
> *** 459,464 ****
> --- 459,465 ----
> 	heap_end = (char *) PTOV(bios_basemem);
>   }
> 
> + 	printf("Hello! I am a hack.\n");
>   dsk = malloc(sizeof(struct dsk));
>   dsk->drive = *(uint8_t *)PTOV(ARGS);
>   dsk->type = dsk->drive & DRV_HARD ? TYPE_AD : TYPE_FD;
> 
> I am inclined to think that this is related to the way how we compile this code, 
> especially when run on the following particular processor:
> 
> 1 Processor(s) detected, 4 total cores enabled, Hyperthreading is enabled
> Proc 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5630 _at_ 2.53GHz
> QPI Speed: 5.8 GT/s.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Christoph
> 
> 
> On Oct 11, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Daniel Kalchev wrote:
> 
>> Has this issue been resolved somehow? Sane method to build gptzfsboot that will run on HP's P410i?
>>
>> Daniel
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