From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Sep 5 22:05:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA22537 for smp-outgoing; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 22:05:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sendero-ppp.i-connect.net (sendero-ppp.i-Connect.Net [206.190.143.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA22494 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 22:04:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 16779 invoked by uid 1000); 6 Sep 1997 05:04:59 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2-alpha [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 22:04:59 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Atlas Telecom From: Simon Shapiro To: Jaye Mathisen Subject: Re: Scary DPT problem. Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, smp@FreeBSD.ORG, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, Steve Passe Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi Jaye Mathisen; On 05-Sep-97 you wrote: > > My apologies. I'm well aware of the purpose of -current vs -stable. I > was more concerned with the fact that it appears to be possible to get > the > DPT controller so scrambled up that a simple reboot doesn't reset it. It (the DPT controller) is a computer with a precise and specific sequencer implemented in the EATA protocol. If the O/S is doing something strange, it may decide to stop playing. Besides, you have no real proof what hung up. I am not going to consider this a DPT driver bug until I see more data. > I don't see this so much as a 3.0 problem, as a DPT issue, but I could > be > off base. Wouldn't be the first time... :0 You are off base in this particular case. --- Sincerely Yours, (Sent on 05-Sep-97, 21:55:33 by XF-Mail) Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.643.5559, Emergency: 503.799.2313