Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 07:38:34 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kent S. Gordon" <kgor@inetspace.com> To: obiwan@zeppelin.net Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au Subject: Re: Upgrading from 3.0-19970209-SNAP to -current Message-ID: <199704251238.HAA01650@chess.inetspace.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970424154557.obiwan@zeppelin.net> (message from Josh Howard on Thu, 24 Apr 1997 15:43:16 -0700 (PDT))
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>>>>> "obiwan" == Josh Howard <obiwan@zeppelin.net> writes:
> On 24-Apr-97 Kent S. Gordon wrote:
>>>>>>> "davidn" == David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au>
>>>>>>> writes:
>> I have Cyrix 596-100, 16MB, bustek 445 and New kernel's do not
>> successfully boot (die in detection of boot device. Message
>> vary with -current date and kernel options. Normally just a
>> hang, but I have seen disk detected as unknown device. I tried
>> tracing it using DDB but was unsuccesfully in finding anything
>> useful).
> Well, these problems we're suffering from seem to leave no
> message, no kernel problems that are obvious, etc. Not sure
> where your problem lies..
>> scsi detection. My guess is that we are triggering a VM bug.
>>
>> > It might even be a bug that's been there all along, but the >
>> lite2 merges have brought it to light.
>>
>> > Come to think of it, all of the other -current machines I run
>> > and work fine are scsi, or in one case, mostly scsi - aha and
>> > aic types. Hmm. I have a PP-180, 64MB, mainly ide system
>> that works great.
>>
> Well, the newest theory might be pointing towards pppd (or even
> ijppp), do you run either of those on that machine?
No ppp or ijppp. My problem looks like somehow the scsi adapter has
been wedged and the code just loops looking for a valid scsi command
returning.
Kent S. Gordon
Senior Software Engineer
iNetSpace Co.
voice: (972)851-3494 fax:(972)702-0384 e-mail:kgor@inetspace.com
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