From owner-freebsd-current Thu Sep 24 18:53:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA02783 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 18:53:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nomis.simon-shapiro.org (nomis.simon-shapiro.org [209.86.126.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA02740 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 18:53:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shimon@simon-shapiro.org) Received: (qmail 8814 invoked by uid 1000); 25 Sep 1998 02:57:17 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [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: <360AAB06.B628D775@ameritech.net> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 22:57:17 -0400 (EDT) X-Face: (&r=uR0&yvh>h^ZL4"-TH61PD}/|Y'~58Z# Gz&BK'&uLAf:2wLb~L7YcWfau{;N(#LR2)\i.l8'ZqVhv~$rNx$]Om6Sv36S'\~5m/U'"i/L)&t$R0&?,)tm0l5xZ!\hZU^yMyCdt!KTcQ376cCkQ^Q_n.GH;Dd-q+ O51^+.K-1Kq?WsP9;cw-Ki+b.iY-5@3!YB5{I$h;E][Xlg*sPO61^5=:5k)JdGet,M|$"lq!1!j_>? $0Yc? Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: Adam McDougall Subject: Re: options DPT_LOST_IRQ Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Adam McDougall, On 24-Sep-98 you wrote: > Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > > > > The symptom (at least on my system) is that the HD totally freezes up > > > with the light on, and the dpt sits there merrily idle, while freebsd > > > processes start losing sanity because the disk cannot be accessed > > > (eg. > > > any interaction with the system which would trigger a HD access would > > > freeze up that portion of the system..) I know there is a 'irq > > > pending' led on the dpt which may indicate the condition has occurred > > > for some people, but mine didnt happen this way, and adding this > > > kernel > > > option ceased the described lockups. I have a 2144UW, a Atlas II, > > > and a > > > Mtech R534 motherboard. > > > > This looks like an "Atlas II firmware of death" problem, not a DPT > > problem. What firmware are you using? Before switching to LYK8, I > > saw similar behavior on an Adaptec controller with an AtlasII. > > > > -- > > Justin > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > I've tried many many times to update it, making sure im terminated > correctly etc. I am using a sca to 68 pin converter on the atlas II, I > hope that isn't causing any bother with this; Any time I'd attempt to > update the firmware with either qshrldr or the other more fancy menuized > program (both for dos) my drive would act like the power had been > breifly lost, and go through the noises it makes during poweron. I've > called Quantum about it and they basically can't offer help since I am > using the sca->68 which is a nono in their book. Right now I have the > LX80 firmware. Thanks Although I have had my generous share of grief with these drives (I never touch them but people seem to like them, this particular problem is not drive induced. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG 770.265.7340 Simon Shapiro Unwritten code has no bugs and executes at twice the speed of mouth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message