2.0 Install - License + Error message

pf123user

A few questions:

First is an "error 11" which is memory size. I'm not sure if this is an issue or not - or what causes this, etc. (this is why I recently asked about memory limitations of pfsense, etc.). Is there a way I can fix this? Seems as though no matter what RAM config I use this error comes up - is this just an error related to actual/physical memory vs. available memory?

From bootup log:
RTC BIOS diagnostic error 11 <memory_size>Second this isn't an error but is there any way to change the time counters down to 0.001 msec? Or anything faster than 1.000 msec? Even if this results in crazy CPU usage or needs large amounts of memory, etc. I'm willing to accept that tradeoff so that I could use it for testing purposes either on a dedicated test box or to change lower than 1msec for testing then back to 1msec for normal operations.

From bootup log:
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec

Third is the license issue below. I've never changed the config files - how does one go about doing this? Is this just an acknowledgement of Intel's open-source license, etc. that pfsense uses? Should I worry about this? There is an error message in there - I assume this is because I haven't agreed with the license.

From bootup log:
ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw
/.
ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in
/boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80470e30, 0) error 1
wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/l
oader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xffffffff806548f0, 0) error 1
ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /bo
ot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80470cf0, 0) error 1
ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /b
oot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff80470d90, 0) error 1
kbd1 at kbdmux0

Whole bootup log:

ZDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD?
3 3
3 3
3 3
3 Welcome to pfSense! 3
3 3 ______
3 3 /
3 1. Boot pfSense [default] 3 / f
3 2. Boot pfSense with ACPI disabled 3 / \ /
3 3. Boot pfSense using USB device 3 / p _/ Sense
3 4. Boot pfSense in Safe Mode 3 \ /
3 5. Boot pfSense in single user mode 3 _____/
3 6. Boot pfSense with verbose logging 3 \ /
3 7. Escape to loader prompt 3 ______/
3 8. Reboot 3
3 3
3 3
3 3
3 Select option, [Enter] for default 3
3 or [Space] to pause timer 0 3
@DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDY

KDB: debugger backends: ddb
KDB: current backend: ddb
Copyright 1992-2010 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 is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p4 #0: Tue Sep 13 17:04:54 EDT 2011
root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-AMD64.snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesr
c/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 amd64
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3191.87-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf64 Family = f Model = 6 Stepping = 4
Features=0xbfebfbff<fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,c<br>MOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0xe43d <sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,vmx,cnxt-id,cx16,xtpr,pdcm>AMD Features=0x20100800 <syscall,nx,lm>AMD Features2=0x1 <lahf>TSC: P-state invariant
real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB)
avail memory = 8261218304 (7878 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <dell b8k ="" ="">FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 2 package(s) x 2 core(s) x 2 HTT threads
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP/HT): APIC ID: 1
cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 2
cpu3 (AP/HT): APIC ID: 3
cpu4 (AP): APIC ID: 4
cpu5 (AP/HT): APIC ID: 5
cpu6 (AP): APIC ID: 6
cpu7 (AP/HT): APIC ID: 7
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 8
ioapic1: Changing APIC ID to 9
ioapic0 <version 2.0="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <version 2.0="">irqs 24-47 on motherboard
netisr_init: forcing maxthreads to 1 and bindthreads to 0 for device polling
wlan: mac acl policy registered
ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw
/.
ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in
/boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80470e30, 0) error 1
wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/l
oader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xffffffff806548f0, 0) error 1
ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /bo
ot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80470cf0, 0) error 1
ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /b
oot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff80470d90, 0) error 1
kbd1 at kbdmux0
cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
padlock0: No ACE support.
acpi0: <dell b8k ="" ="">on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
cpu1: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
cpu2: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
cpu3: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
cpu4: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
cpu5: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
cpu6: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
cpu7: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
acpi_hpet0: <high precision="" event="" timer="">iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900
acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
acpi_button0: enable wake failed
pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 2.0 on pci0
pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
pci3: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib3
em0: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xdcc0-0xdcdf mem 0xfcd80
000-0xfcd9ffff,0xfcda0000-0xfcdbffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3
em0: Using an MSI interrupt
em0: [FILTER]
em1: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xdce0-0xdcff mem 0xfcdc0
000-0xfcddffff,0xfcde0000-0xfcdfffff irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci3
em1: Using an MSI interrupt
em1: [FILTER]
pcib4: <pci-pci bridge="">irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci2
pci4: <pci bus="">on pcib4
pcib5: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 0.3 on pci1
pci5: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib5
pcib6: <pci-pci bridge="">at device 6.0 on pci5
pci6: <pci bus="">on pcib6
em2: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" legacy="" network="" connection="" 1.0.3="">port 0xcc00-0xcc3f mem
0xfcc80000-0xfcc9ffff irq 30 at device 4.0 on pci6
em2: [FILTER]
em3: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" legacy="" network="" connection="" 1.0.3="">port 0xcc40-0xcc7f mem
0xfcca0000-0xfccbffff irq 31 at device 4.1 on pci6
em3: [FILTER]
em4: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" legacy="" network="" connection="" 1.0.3="">port 0xcc80-0xccbf mem
0xfccc0000-0xfccdffff irq 32 at device 6.0 on pci6
em4: [FILTER]
em5: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" legacy="" network="" connection="" 1.0.3="">port 0xccc0-0xccff mem
0xfcce0000-0xfccfffff irq 33 at device 6.1 on pci6
em5: [FILTER]
pcib7: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 3.0 on pci0
pci7: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib7
pcib8: <pci-pci bridge="">at device 0.0 on pci7
pci8: <pci bus="">on pcib8
pcib9: <pci-pci bridge="">at device 0.0 on pci8
pci9: <pci bus="">on pcib9
em6: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xbcc0-0xbcdf mem 0xfc980
000-0xfc99ffff,0xfc9a0000-0xfc9bffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci9
em6: Using an MSI interrupt
em6: [FILTER]
em7: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xbce0-0xbcff mem 0xfc9c0
000-0xfc9dffff,0xfc9e0000-0xfc9fffff irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci9
em7: Using an MSI interrupt
em7: [FILTER]
pcib10: <pci-pci bridge="">at device 1.0 on pci8
pci10: <pci bus="">on pcib10
em8: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xacc0-0xacdf mem 0xfc780
000-0xfc79ffff,0xfc7a0000-0xfc7bffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci10
em8: Using an MSI interrupt
em8: [FILTER]
em9: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xace0-0xacff mem 0xfc7c0
000-0xfc7dffff,0xfc7e0000-0xfc7fffff irq 18 at device 0.1 on pci10
em9: Using an MSI interrupt
em9: [FILTER]
pcib11: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 4.0 on pci0
pci11: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib11
pcib12: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 5.0 on pci0
pci12: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib12
pcib13: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 6.0 on pci0
pci13: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib13
pcib14: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 7.0 on pci0
pci14: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib14
pcib15: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci15: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib15
pcib16: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0
pci16: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib16
ath0: <atheros 5212="">mem 0xfc5f0000-0xfc5fffff irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci16
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: AR5212 mac 5.9 RF5112 phy 4.3
isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
atapci0: <intel 63xxesb2="" udma100="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,
0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf irq 16 at device 31.1 on pci0
ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
atapci1: <intel 63xxesb2="" sata300="" controller="">port 0xfe00-0xfe07,0xfe10-0xfe13,0x
fe20-0xfe27,0xfe30-0xfe33,0xfec0-0xfedf mem 0xff970000-0xff9703ff irq 20 at devi
ce 31.2 on pci0
atapci1: [ITHREAD]
atapci1: AHCI called from vendor specific driver
atapci1: AHCI v1.10 controller with 6 3Gbps ports, PM not supported
ata2: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci1
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci1
ata3: [ITHREAD]
ata4: <ata 2="" channel="">on atapci1
ata4: [ITHREAD]
ata5: <ata 3="" channel="">on atapci1
ata5: [ITHREAD]
ata6: <ata 4="" channel="">on atapci1
ata6: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x7f irq 8 on acpi0
ppc0: <parallel port="">port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77f irq 7 on acpi0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
ppc0: [ITHREAD]
ppbus0: <parallel port="" bus="">on ppc0
plip0: <plip network="" interface="">on ppbus0
plip0: [ITHREAD]
lpt0: <printer>on ppbus0
lpt0: [ITHREAD]
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <parallel i="" o="">on ppbus0
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
uart0: [FILTER]
uart0: console (9600,n,8,1)
orm0: <isa option="" roms="">at iomem 0xc0000-0xc1fff,0xc2000-0xc47ff,0xc4800-0xc7fff
on isa0
atkbdc0: <keyboard controller="" (i8042)="">at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <at keyboard="">irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
p4tcc1: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu1
p4tcc2: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu2
p4tcc3: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu3
p4tcc4: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu4
p4tcc5: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu5
p4tcc6: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu6
p4tcc7: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu7
RTC BIOS diagnostic error 11 <memory_size>Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
ad4: 35304MB <wdc wd360gd-00fla2="" 31.08f31="">at ata2-master UDMA100 SATA 1.5Gb/s
ad6: 35304MB <wdc wd360gd-00fla2="" 31.08f31="">at ata3-master UDMA100 SATA 1.5Gb/s
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #5 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #4 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #6 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #7 Launched!
GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror/pfSenseMirror launched (2/2).
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mirror/pfSenseMirrors1a
Configuring crash dumps…
Using /dev/mirror/pfSenseMirrors1b for dump device.
Mounting filesystems...

___
/ f
/ p _/ Sense
_/
__/

Welcome to pfSense 2.0-RELEASE ...

No core dumps found.
Creating symlinks......done.
External config loader 1.0 is now starting...
Launching the init system... done.
Initializing............................ done.
Starting device manager (devd)...done.
Loading configuration......done.
Updating configuration...done.
Cleaning backup cache.................................done.
Setting up extended sysctls...done.
Setting timezone...done.
Starting Secure Shell Services...done.
Setting up polling defaults...done.
Setting up interfaces microcode...done.
Configuring LAGG interfaces...done.
Configuring VLAN interfaces...done.
Configuring QinQ interfaces...done.
Configuring WAN interface...done.
Configuring LAN interface...done.
Configuring WIFI interface...done.
Configuring HW_LAN interface...done.
Configuring OPT3 interface...done.
Configuring OPT4 interface...done.
Configuring OPT5 interface...done.
Configuring OPT6 interface...done.
Configuring OPT7 interface...done.
Configuring OPT8 interface...done.
Configuring OPT9 interface...done.
Syncing OpenVPN settings...done.
Starting syslog...done.
Configuring firewall......done.
Starting PFLOG...done.
Setting up gateway monitors...done.
Synchronizing user settings...done.
Starting webConfigurator...done.
Configuring CRON...done.
Starting DHCP service...done.
Starting DNS forwarder...done.
Configuring firewall......done.
Starting OpenNTP time client...done.
Generating RRD graphs...done.
Starting CRON... done.
Bootup complete

FreeBSD/amd64 (pfSense.wcm.net) (ttyu0)

login: admin
Password:
*** Welcome to pfSense 2.0-RELEASE-pfSense (amd64) on pfSense ***

WAN (wan) -> em0 -> 123.456.789.000
LAN (lan) -> em1 -> 123.456.789.000
WIFI (opt1) -> ath0_wlan1 -> 123.456.789.000
LAN2 (opt2) -> em2 -> 123.456.789.000
OPT3 (opt3) -> em3 -> NONE
OPT4 (opt4) -> em4 -> NONE
OPT5 (opt5) -> em5 -> NONE
OPT6 (opt6) -> em6 -> NONE
OPT7 (opt7) -> em7 -> NONE
OPT8 (opt8) -> em8 -> NONE
OPT9 (opt9) -> em9 -> NONE

Logout (SSH only) 8) Shell
Assign Interfaces 9) pfTop
Set interface(s) IP address 10) Filter Logs
Reset webConfigurator password 11) Restart webConfigurator
Reset to factory defaults 12) pfSense Developer Shell
Reboot system 13) Upgrade from console
Halt system 14) Enable Secure Shell (sshd)
Ping host

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jimp

@pf2.0nyc:

First is an "error 11" which is memory size. I'm not sure if this is an issue or not - or what causes this, etc. (this is why I recently asked about memory limitations of pfsense, etc.). Is there a way I can fix this? Seems as though no matter what RAM config I use this error comes up - is this just an error related to actual/physical memory vs. available memory?

From bootup log:
RTC BIOS diagnostic error 11

That'd be from your BIOS… probably safe to ignore, but if you can find a BIOS update, it wouldn't hurt to run it.

@pf2.0nyc:

Second this isn't an error but is there any way to change the time counters down to 0.001 msec? Or anything faster than 1.000 msec? Even if this results in crazy CPU usage or needs large amounts of memory, etc. I'm willing to accept that tradeoff so that I could use it for testing purposes either on a dedicated test box or to change lower than 1msec for testing then back to 1msec for normal operations.

From bootup log:
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec

Might be able to tinker with kern.hz

@pf2.0nyc:

Third is the license issue below. I've never changed the config files - how does one go about doing this? Is this just an acknowledgement of Intel's open-source license, etc. that pfsense uses? Should I worry about this? There is an error message in there - I assume this is because I haven't agreed with the license.

Unless you have an Intel wireless card, those are safe to ignore.

pf123user

Might be able to tinker with kern.hz

I assume this means that I'm going to have to learn how to play with/manipulate config files?

Unless you have an Intel wireless card, those are safe to ignore.

The wireless card is a Cisco AIR-PI21AG-A-K9 Cisco 802.11G PCI Wireless Adapter 2.4 - I don't know if that uses an Intel chipset but I haven't had any issues - should I ignore this error?

Thx Jim for the reply.

jimp

Search the doc wiki and forum, several places mention how to adjust kern.hz

pf123user

Also, i'm on the latest BIOS update for that mobo and the RAM is totally fine (Dell RAM, Dell mobo, Dell latest BIOS). I don't get errors when I boot any other OS on that system???

I'm wondering if I should be worried about a possible failure coming up on one of the memory slots (since swapping out the memory produced same result) - or if possible there is something else wrong.

or should I just ignore?