From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 9 09:28:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA11269 for current-outgoing; Sat, 9 Mar 1996 09:28:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA11264 Sat, 9 Mar 1996 09:28:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199603091728.JAA11264@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: Host localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "David Langford" , "David Langford" cc: jkh@whisker.cdrom.com (Jordan Hubbard), current@FreeBSD.org, davidg@FreeBSD.org, dyson@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: One really easy way to panic your -current system In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 08 Mar 1996 22:36:52 -1000." <199603090836.WAA12485@caliban.dihelix.com> Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 09:28:45 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >Jordan Hubbard >> >> >>Mount the FreeBSD 2.1 CDROM (or any other, probably, this is just >>for this example) and do a: >> >>dd if=/cdrom/dists >> >>(e.g. try to read from the directory) >> >>panic: vmwakeup: neg numoutput >>eip is 0xf01b65f3 >> >> Jordan > >On a similar note shouldnt dd if=TEXTFILE of=/dev/st0 work? >With my setup the machine hangs.... > >aic0 at 0x340-0x35f irq 9 on isa >(aic0:2:0): "ARCHIVE Python 25588-XXX 2.96" type 1 removable SCSI 2 >st0(aic0:2:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, drive empty I would suggest looking into the improvements made to this driver in NetBSD and porting them back to FreeBSD. They've made a few bug fixes to the aic driver that we should have, but someone with the hardware has to do the integration. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================