Date: 15 Oct 2000 13:06:10 -0400 From: Mark Evenson <evenson@panix.com> To: jbw <qfreaki@home.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New kernel freezes on startup: Dell Latitude CPxJ Message-ID: <a0vguuf30d.fsf@panix6.panix.com> In-Reply-To: jbw's message of "Sun, 15 Oct 2000 10:42:46 -0400" References: <20001015104246.A1282@home.com>
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jbw <qfreaki@home.com> writes: > A new kernel I built for my laptop a Dell Latitude CPxJ just freezes on reboot > and won't go any further. The message it stops at is the following > > ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0. > > After that it just hangs there until I power off. I then reboot and use > the GENERIC kernel which works fine. > > Any ideas? > I have had a similar problem on a Dell Lattitude CPx, a ThinkPad 570X, and a Gateway Solo 3150 when I attempt to put the pcic0 intreface in polling mode via the (now recommended in the 4_1_1_STABLE 'GENERIC'): device pcic0 at isa? irq 0 port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000 instead assign a specifc IRQ like: device pcic0 at isa? irq 10 port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000 My understanding of the actual PC IRQ architecture is somewhat fuzzy so I have not really tried to track down what is happening, but I do get the same symptoms as you are describing (a complete lockup). -- Mark Evenson <evenson@panix.com> "A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare to it now." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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