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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: 2842 and the disappearing file-system :-(
To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs)
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 13:35:34 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199603051952.LAA18831@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Mar 5, 96 11:52:56 am
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> >> This particular failure, as I mentioned before on the -stable list, is
> >> specific to the VESA controller (2842 rev C). It has never occurred with the
> >> BT542B and I've established that the "cheap" version (i.e. non-enhanced) of
> >> the Amd486DX4 that I'm using is only capable of running its internal cache
> >> in write-thru mode.
> >> 
> >> My question is this .. since -stable is presently unusable unless I want to
> >> strangle my disk I/O (with news arriving at ~3 articles/second) and -release
> >> too buggy for "heavy-duty" use, is -current likely to be any better ?
> >
> >Obviously your cache is not being updated correctly as a result of
> >a DMA completion.
> >
> 
> Actually this appears to be a bug in eisaconf as it affects all
> eisa scsi controllers at the moment.  I'm looking into it, but the
> problem is not obvious and doesn't occur in -current.

He has a VESA controller... brain farts are contagious!


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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