Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:47:08 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: isp driver not 64 bit? Message-ID: <16812.56396.857963.233756@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <20041130193932.GI14039@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <16811.51043.987275.174410@canoe.dclg.ca> <20041130193932.GI14039@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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>>>>> "Wilko" == Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> writes: Wilko> On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:05:39PM -0500, freebsd-list@dclg.ca Wilko> wrote.. >> After a bunch of frustrating debugging, I've tenatively come to the >> conclusion that the isp(4) driver is not 64 bit safe --- at the >> very least insofar as the amd64 platform is concerned. Wilko> Side note: isp(4) has been in use for years on Alpha, and I do Wilko> not recall having seen problems like yours on it. Mind you, Wilko> not much FC connections I ever used on it. The only thing Wilko> critical for success on Alpha is loading ispfw.ko *always*. Wilko> Matt (mjacob) has noted that multiple times, and he is Wilko> absolutely right. I did have device ispfw in the kernel, but this card may be new enough not to require it --- ispfw didn't change the behaviour or spit out any boot messages. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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