From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 25 20:30:17 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA9616A41C for ; Wed, 25 May 2005 20:30:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.BAYAREA.NET [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBDAB43D49 for ; Wed, 25 May 2005 20:30:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (localhost.xcllnt.net [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4PKU9Tk005803; Wed, 25 May 2005 13:30:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@ns1.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j4PKU9oF005802; Wed, 25 May 2005 13:30:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel) Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 13:30:09 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Sten Spans Message-ID: <20050525203009.GB5369@ns1.xcllnt.net> References: <200505250728.j4P7SefF044410@freefall.freebsd.org> <20050525115710.GA11176@freebie.xs4all.nl> <5aa43d08238e5e05501831a68575fbd5@xcllnt.net> <52909e3b78cfe5d114d18191853dced9@xcllnt.net> <20050525180709.GA13039@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alpha/30486: AlphaServer DS10 floppy access is broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 20:30:17 -0000 On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 10:06:02PM +0200, Sten Spans wrote: > > I am not 100% sure yet but I think I might have found something: > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/alpha/9912.3/0000.html > https://www.redhat.com/archives/axp-list/2000-January/msg00727.html Thanks, I'll take a look at it. I don't have the hardware to test though, so I don't know at this time how fruitful it will be that I look at it. > But now, with a fresh new, zero'd floppy it seems to work sometimes: > > deepthought# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 count=1 > 1+0 records in > 1+0 records out > 512 bytes transferred in 0.177883 secs (2878 bytes/sec) > deepthought# fdformat /dev/fd0 > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > Processing E--------------------------------------- > ^C > deepthought# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 count=1 > dd: /dev/fd0: Input/output error > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out A failed format attempt may render the disk useless. The I/O error may not be related to the DMA problem that I fixed, but to a bad floppy as the result of the broken fdformat. > On another note, the busdma fix might fix some of the other > reported crashes for RELENG5, I'll try digging up a soundcard. That would be great. Thanks, -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net