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cc: Allan Fields <bsd@afields.ca>
Subject: Re: Custom kernels causing Promise ATA RAID to go down
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On Tuesday 08 June 2004 15:56, Allan Fields wrote:
[snip]
> I've also experienced instability with Promise RAID controllers in
> the past but didn't ever use a GENERIC kernel.  I'm interested in
> this issue, but don't know if it's related.
OK Update.

I've been nuking /usr/obj and cvsuping and rebuilding world every day since 
back on the 6th of June. Finaly today the 16 of the June, after a rebuild 
world/kernel my custom kernel no longer brings the array down. Happy happy 
joy joy :-)

Also a bonus, ACPI now powerdown(s) the system without fail.
-Al