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Date:      Sat, 18 Sep 1999 05:27:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      jason@dstc.edu.au
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   i386/13802: freebsd 3.3 fails to boot with irq problems on DECpc XL 466d2 (pci related)
Message-ID:  <19990918122721.42D6314F20@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         13802
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       freebsd 3.3 fails to boot with irq problems on DECpc XL 466d2 (pci related)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 18 05:30:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     jason andrade
>Release:        3.3-RELEASE
>Organization:
dstc p/
>Environment:
it doesn't get far enough to install to do this :-)
>Description:
I have a DECpc XL 466d2 i386 box. it has a dx4/100 cpu and 32M of ram.
It's got an Intel "Saturn" chipset which supports 3 PCI and 4 ISA slots.
It's got on board SCSI (ncr), with 2*IDE (disabled in bios).  I'm using
1 * seagate ST3600N, 1 * ST 410800N and 1 * DEC RRD43 scsi devices.
1 * Virge S3 PCI video card

a few install problems to note:

If i boot the system, it occasionally will crash when detecting the
CDROM, with "Not Ready". thud

If i boot the system with a ISA 3COM 3c509 Etherlink III card, i'm unable to initialise
the network (or get any link lights).  I quickly gave up on the ISA card
as i didn't want to muck around with dos/software.

I put in a 3c590 Ethernetlink III PCI card.  The system boots as far as
detecting the card at which point i get something like:

vga0 on irq 255
ep0 on irq0 

the system then hangs.

i tried a 2nd 3c590 card - same problem.

i then tried a 3c595 10/100 PCI card - same problem.

is this a known bug/work around ? i haven't yet tried to muck around with
3com's config files etc, as this would involve booting dos on the machine
which is a pain.

regards,

-jason
>How-To-Repeat:
i've repeated the above problem 3-4 times to ensure it wasn't a one off
but unless you have similar hardware..

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
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